# Stump the chumps re power steering pump

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stump-the-chumps-re-power-steering-pump/69629>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [November 22, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stump-the-chumps-re-power-steering-pump/69629 "2011-11-22T01:52:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![cgw123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cgw123](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cgw123)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stump-the-chumps-re-power-steering-pump/69629/1 "2011-11-22T01:52:25Z")

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I think that their answer of an impending power steering pump failure was correct. The reason: I had a 1982 Celica stripper that did not have power steering. I’m pretty sure that is why someone traded it in when it was only a year old. I owned it long enough to go through several sets of tires, and each time I got new tires, it felt like I had power steering. As the tires got older, the steering effort would increase, but so gradually that I didn’t notice until the next set of new tires. I think the new tires decreased the load on the power steering pump.

You should call back in a year to see if the noise has returned.