When I slightly move the steering wheel my idle gets rough

and drops until I return it to center. I've never had this car

idling below 900 before, so I've never noticed this until I got

it down to 700-750 rpm. The pump isn't making any noise and

it's not leaking. The belts are almost new and tight.

 

Is this normal?

within limits, it is normal - I just installed power steering on my car, and it seems to do that too - realize that the pump takes the engine's power to turn the wheels, and it will have a more dramatic affect at idle vs. at speed - just make shure your power steering fluid is at the correct level - use ONLY ATF Dexron, NOT "power steering fluid" in the system - that can cause problems

good luck

Good deal bro. I'm gonna flush it out soon. Who knows what

has been put in here before I got the car.