Im going to have to butt in and say ive had 2 autotechs fail, and these were not from the dodgy early batch. On the other had ive had alot more KMD pumps fail and cause £1000's of damage. So stay well away from KMD's. Autotechs seem to be ok now, but i will never fit one of them on the KMD's again. APR all the way. Customer service from them of top unlike KMD etc. The main issue with autotech is the pumps are never available. I always have a least one brand new APR pump on the shelf.

well i stand partly corrected then. still wouldnt buy the apr one though. ive heard alot of guys with KMD internals have issues, bu no autotech ones.

Edited 2 October, 201015 yr by janner_Sy

Autotechs are fine, seriously.

JKM haven't fitted autotech HPFP internals since that dodgy batch reared its head. so i dont really buy this 75% chance geting a duff one as these so called statistics are probably well out of date. As they say, statistically, 75% of statistics are made up

i remember keith saying that another reason for changing was that after fitting they always tested the pumps kates golf, which took a lot of time and effort to do. so the APR pump with all its testing credentials was a better option.

Im not even going to entertain the APR thread. ive read more than enough APR stuff over the last few years reading about how everything that isn't APR is inferior quality. They irritate me with their sales jargon and tactics.

Until i start seeing recent threads or info about these 'failiures' i will continue to see them as 'old' batch issues and just rumours.

I do agree theyre reliability is hinged on being fitted correctly. which i why i never fitted mine myself

The pumps they tested on Kate's Golf where after JKM had inspected the internals to ensure they were fine.

As i said i know all Autotech internals are not bad. I also agree that APR are overpriced and they do try to assume the pinnacle of the quality high ground (which is typical of most American tuning companies ) But as Alex has pointed out APR customer care is very good.

If people are insistent on using Autotech internals then as long as you inspect the pump carefully, take your time fitting and ensure all seals are fitted correctly then they would probably be ok.

But I still maintain if i were to do it again now i would get an APR pump.