Can I drive with a bad water pump?

[95redturboawd]

The shop diagnosed the water pump as bad, and now they're not getting back to me. I know nothing about water pumps, but the shop diagnosed it as bad because the pulley has a little play in it. I'm not leaking coolant, not overheating, not smoking. I'm trying to go back home two and a half hours away for Thanksgiving but I'm not sure if it's ok to drive that far.

 

[GsXdSmKingGsX]

I'm going to go ahead and be the douche bag... NO! Damnit man..

 

[viperlp01]

The pulleys are not on wrong. You were right there when you could clearly see the pulley moving. You also seen me tighen the bolts down. Glad you made it to the East side. Now somehow make it back and get it fixed.