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I was under the impression that the Aisin water pump was the oem for EJ22, but I have also heard paraut was used by Subaru.I found these two on Amazon, and I was wondering which one I Should buy? There also a big price difference, and I'm not really sure why.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EEYXIO/ref=s9_simh_gw_p263_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=12FE1J23701QPGW59JWE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1630083462&pf_rd_i=507846

 

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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G6AZZC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=E4G8D74WIAPO&coliid=I157CWO36TMWSS

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I was under the impression that the Aisin water pump was the oem for EJ22, but I have also heard paraut was used by Subaru.I found these two on Amazon, and I was wondering which one I Should buy? There also a big price difference, and I'm not really sure why.

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EEYXIO/ref=s9_simh_gw_p263_d0_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=12FE1J23701QPGW59JWE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1630083462&pf_rd_i=507846

 

and

 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G6AZZC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=E4G8D74WIAPO&coliid=I157CWO36TMWSS

 

I just did a Waterpump and Timing Belt on my EJ22 Legacy and the pump that was ON the car was a Parut. I had purchased the AISIN as a replacemet based on recommendations I found on here and the fact it was made in Japan.  When I pulled the Parut I noticed that the impeller on the pump was completely different than the Aisin.  The Aisin impeller was a stamped piece while the Parut was a cast piece of completely different design (what you see in the picture), but the Aisin shipped with a completely different design.  That's not to say the Aisin is any better or worse, but it's obvious that the newest design is a cheaper one.  My confidence was also broken when my co-worker's Toyota 4runner suffered catastrophic bearing failure in his water pump which was an Aisin branded unit from Napa after just under 40K miles.

 

This is what's on the Aisin now

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compared to the old:

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