Hello all,

When I turn my wheel a degree or two I can hear the idle drop a little. By degree or two I mean barely moving the tires. The tachometer does not show any reduction in idle, but I can still hear that it has bogged down a little.

I have checked the fluid level in the power steering reservoir and it is, and always has been full. It may be 5-10 year old fluid however. A coworker told me to check the serp-belt tension but to my knowledge it is not adjustable.

Any advice?

 

I stand to be corrected but I should have thought this was normal.
When you turn the steering wheel the power assistance will activate, takes a bit of HP from the engine.

 

sorry i forgot to add "I don't recall whether it did this before"

Just something I noticed recently

 

this is normal