If the pump isn't leaking, screeching or vibrating loose on the brackets
then its probably OK.
Its one of those things that normally fails slowly and the only
maintenance is to change the fluid once in a while.
If it has never been run dry (ruins bearings) then I wouldn't be too
concerned about it.
*At last, a Waser boxer question I could answer*

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 21:07:49 -0700 Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
writes:
> Using a long screwdriver as a stethoscope, I listened to the water
> pump, A/C
> compressor, alternator and power steering pump in my '90 Westy with
> 140K miles. They
> are all quiet (esp. the alternator since I just put it in), except
> the power steering
> pump, which sounds like a mad bumble bee close to my ear. This pump
> has 96K miles. Any
> comments as to what it should sound like?
>
> Jerry
>
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