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Message: <blockquote data-quote="veggiemike" data-source="post: 451892" data-attributes="member: 9226">Went out to go to work this morning, and my smog pump is seized up (90% sure, haven't taken it apart, but the pulley sure doesn't turn and my serpentine belt started smoking). I drove through a few flooded roads yesterday morning (yay rain. basement flooded, too), and I've heard of the innards of the smog pump dieing after that before. My stang's RI inspection ran out last month, I was gonna get the inspection taken care of next week... so... now I have to very quickly decide what to do.I'm sure everyone here will think I'm nuts, but I am pretty environmentally conscious... I still have cats and was planning on keeping them. This is my daily driver, and I need to pass inspection ASAP. I'd really rather keep the emissions as stock as possible.Can I just run a short belt and leave the broken pump where it is... sounds stupid, I know, but I have a flooded basement, a new baby, no time, no money, and my wife and I are now down to 1 running car. If I do that, and the car runs OK, I can get it to work and back. Maybe even have the shop doing the emissions next week put a new pump on for me (though I'm sure I could do it myself... if I had time).Thoughts?</blockquote>