One of the world’s largest automotive pump manufacturers, Airtex, was a nominee in the Automechanika Frankfurt Innovation Awards 2022, for its Electro-hydraulic Control Flow (ECF) water pump, beating out more than 130 other entries.  

The ECF water pump, offers an aftermarket alternative to the OE version that is used for 1.6 and 2.0-litre VAG engines from 2012 onwards, which now total more than nine million vehicles across Europe. 

Using a patented system previously available only from the manufacturer, the OE water pump varies flow rate according to the requirements of the engine, which results in improved engine warm up times, leading to gains in fuel efficiency and lower emissions. 

The new ECF water pump uses Airtex’s own patented SWITCH ECF technology to vary the flow rate, without infringing the original patent, making the company the first manufacturer to offer a true replacement to the OE water pump with matching ECF technology.

The cost effect ECF alternative is available from Airtex stockists.