1300 miles- first crickets and solution! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

guybo · 06-03-2016, 12:58 PM

Going to work, cold engine not getting on it, I heard the crickets for the first time with just over 1300 miles on the odo. I've read that it's a common issue and nothing to worry about (right?.....)

The solution is a Berk muffler delete! Somehow I don't hear much from the crickets anymore.

Is there any point when the crickets mean there's a real problem?

ka-t_240 · 06-03-2016, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by guybo

Going to work, cold engine not getting on it, I heard the crickets for the first time with just over 1300 miles on the odo. I've read that it's a common issue and nothing to worry about (right?.....)

The solution is a Berk muffler delete! Somehow I don't hear much from the crickets anymore.

Is there any point when the crickets mean there's a real problem?

No. Ignore it and make some jokes to your friends about it.

guybo · 06-03-2016, 01:53 PM

I need to find a Jimini Cricket window decal.

JD001 · 06-03-2016, 02:07 PM

The first time I heard it I was linking the intermittent noise to the rear diff or rear brake discs.. don't ask!

What does it sound like outside the car?

Tcoat · 06-03-2016, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by guybo

I need to find a Jimini Cricket window decal.

http://www.cafepress.ca/+gt86+stickers

Tcoat · 06-03-2016, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

The first time I heard it I was linking the intermittent noise to the rear diff or rear brake discs.. don't ask!

What does it sound like outside the car?

Sounds like a mildly squeaky belt outside the car.

Went home one evening and left the car running while I got some stuff out of the trunk to give to the wife. Standing there I could hear crickets really heavy. Thought to myself "Wow not getting gas from that station again". We decided to take her car so I shut mine down, got out and closed the door. Still heard crickets. Realized it wasn't the car but was in fact some insects calling for mates.

guybo · 06-03-2016, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

http://www.cafepress.ca/+gt86+stickers

now that you link that I realized I have seen that Cricket sticker before but before I did not understand what it meant

humfrz · 06-03-2016, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

............................Realized it wasn't the car but was in fact some insects calling for mates.

...........

.............

humfrz

extrashaky · 06-04-2016, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Went home one evening and left the car running while I got some stuff out of the trunk to give to the wife. Standing there I could hear crickets really heavy. Thought to myself "Wow not getting gas from that station again". We decided to take her car so I shut mine down, got out and closed the door. Still heard crickets. Realized it wasn't the car but was in fact some insects calling for mates.

I was driving through rural Louisiana and was about to fall asleep, so when I hit the next small town I stopped for coffee at a gas station/convenience store. Inside the store I heard my car idling and momentarily freaked out that someone had started it up.

Then I realized this store also sold bait. There was a cage full of crickets near the counter.

humfrz · 06-04-2016, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by extrashaky

I was driving through rural Louisiana and was about to fall asleep, so when I hit the next small town I stopped for coffee at a gas station/convenience store. Inside the store I heard my car idling and momentarily freaked out that someone had started it up.

Then I realized this store also sold bait. There was a cage full of crickets near the counter.

DANG, @extrashaky ....... I'm about to put you into the same basket as @Tcoat .............

Tree frogs, in the springtime in Connecticut, would push you both over the edge .......

humfrz

Tcoat · 06-04-2016, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

DANG, @extrashaky ....... I'm about to put you into the same basket as @Tcoat .............

Tree frogs, in the springtime in Connecticut, would push you both over the edge .......

humfrz

We have them here as well I am well south of Connecticut remember.

tofurun · 06-04-2016, 11:34 PM

Just got mine and after it warms up on idle it sounds like the Mexican Staring Frog from Sri Lanka

gravitylover · 06-05-2016, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

We have them here as well I am well south of Connecticut remember.

?? They moved Canada?

ScoobsMcGee · 06-07-2016, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gravitylover

?? They moved Canada?

Nah, we gave Connecticut to Denmark in exchange for a lifetime supply of LEGOs.

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