That's LOTS! MY Dad's 90 190E 2.6 is close to 200,000 miles, and it's on it's original water-pump.

If they are MB pumps, it soulds like an install problem, or other related problem is causing the new pumps to fail.

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John Shellenberg
1998 C230 "Black Betty" 240K

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