I gotta get in the "get that out of your system" line. Its not the end of the world. The pump is gonna finally give out and it will be at the worst time and the worst place. On a side note I work in a factory where machines are built and i have seen many a machine get messed up on the assembley line (catch on fire, windows get shattered, doors pulled off etc. they get fixed and shipped as new so you never know...