# Help please **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford, f150\ **Created:** [September 20, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-please/36879 "2009-09-20T04:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boles26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@boles26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/boles26)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-please/36879/1 "2009-09-20T04:55:13Z")
hello my name is mark i was heading home last nite got home pulled in to the drive way started smelling something burning but i could not see anything under the hood i started turning my stering side to side make a noise ever time i turn it but it is filling the same.it sounds like my powerstering is going out all i can smell is somthing burning ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-please/36879/2 "2009-09-20T13:32:32Z")
It is very possible that the belt that drives the power steering pump is so loose that it is slipping. A badly slipping belt can emit a burning smell. It is also possible that the power steering pump itself is binding up, thus causing the belt to slip. If I am correct that the smell and the noise is from a slipping belt, and if this belt also drives your alternator, the next step is that you will kill the battery and wind up stranded somewhere. I would suggest having this situation checked out right away by a competent mechanic, i.e., NOT the guys at Midas, Meineke, Monro, Sears, Pep Boys, AAMCO, or any other chain operation. On a side note, those of us on this forum are pretty traditional types of people. As a result, we really appreciate it if people post their questions with capital letters at the beginning of sentences, and with periods ending the sentences. That is a courtesy to us, in order to make your question easier to understand. Fair enough? ---
**Author:** ![hd72mm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc29f/32.png) [@hd72mm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd72mm)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-please/36879/3 "2009-09-20T19:08:05Z")
I do not think any of the people you are talking about are doing this on purpose. Like me, last time I did any writing since high school is when I write a check. So I do the best that I can, please do not hold this against us. ---
**Author:** ![love-car-talk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@love-car-talk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/love-car-talk)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-please/36879/4 "2009-09-20T19:32:26Z")
do you notice any leaks? is the power steering fluid getting lower in the reservoir? How far can you press in on the power steering belt? does the steering make a sound when you turn it as far as you can in either direction or both directions?