Last week I put an OME lift on my 97 TLC. Included in the kit was the OME steering stabilizer, which I also put on. Last weekend I take my truck on a fairly light trail in about 90 degree weather. I would say there was about an hour or less of heavy steering around switchbacks and obstacles. Near the end of the trail I start getting whiffs of this smell that kinda smells like paint, maybe a little bit like gas. I pop the hood and I can hear a faint bubbling sound around the power steering reservoir like maybe it's boiling. Engine temps are all reading just fine.
Anybody else experienced this before? Steering felt fine and the problem hasn't returned, but I'm wondering if the increased strain from the new stabilizer is proving too much for my old pump.
Anybody else experienced this before? Steering felt fine and the problem hasn't returned, but I'm wondering if the increased strain from the new stabilizer is proving too much for my old pump.