I pulled my power steering pump last night and tore it down to see if I could find any sign of abnormal wear which would be causing the noise I spoke about on my last post. I did see some uneven wear on the inside of the drive gear but as nest I can tell, the gear in the motor looks clean although is runs in a pretty tight clearance. I was wondering if I can start the engine without the p/s pump in place to verify nothing else may be causing the noise, but will I still have enough oil pressure for the engine or will oil start squirting out where the p/s pump mounts?