1300 miles- first crickets and solution!
 

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. :thumbup:

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.

I need to find a Jimini Cricket window decal.

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.

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

...........:slap: ............. :D


humfrz

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 ............. :sigh:

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


humfrz

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

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

?? They moved Canada?

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