Tomorrow I'm gonna see a 850 96 wagon. Guy says the steering pump is noisy. I've seen Robert diy video on changing the pump and seems easy enough. Should I worry about it having other related issues to this?
what else should I look for while inspecting the car?

I already watched Roberts videos on this subject too.

 

Hundreds of cars have come in with noisy power steering - what normally happens is there is a slow leak, the fluid gets low - then it is whipped into a aeriated foam. Once in a foamy state the steering pump is noisy. (and it is NOT a bad pump) Easy fix - just get the foamy/aeriated fluid out - unfortunately the only way to do it (sure you could disconnect the hoses from the rack to get most of it out) - top up fluid, start car, turn full lock one way, turn off car, take cap off, wait till foam goes away, top up, put cap on, start car, turn wheel to other lock, turn off car, take cap off, wait till foam goes away, top up and repeat - you might spend 45 minutes with this process, but the power steering will be quiet and it only cost some power steering fluid to fix. Then monitor the system to see how much it leaks.

 

Thank you. I will do that if i buy this car.

Any other things i should look for when inspecting the car? I don't have an obd reader.

 

Read the 850 owner's thread. They are very very durable and very very easy to work on, but you have to put a timing belt on occasionally. They don't like to overheat. The PCV system is quite odd. Junkyards used to be full of them, but they're harder to find out there now. nevertheless, you could buy 3 of them for $500 each if at some point you needed to. You'd just have to look a little longer.

 

Pump was indeed noisy. But i could barely hear it, over the sound of the engine. EhehCar was a pile of trash.