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Old 02-22-2021, 03:28 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by BrahmaBull1990 View Post
I thought crickets were a result of crappy gas and the direct injection pump? My car was doing it and switching to Chevron premium helped. It is still a bit noisy in the morning, but I just accepted it as a fact of owning the car; I didn't know they would replace it.

Fuel quality is a factor in hearing the crickets or not. For me, they show up in the winter, and go away in the summer. I always use 93 octane. So I wouldn’t say it’s only because of poor quality fuel, but a combination of that and temperature. For me anyway.
Oh one other thing I noticed. When I bought my car, I heard the crickets at idle. I’m guessing they threw in the least expensive 89 octane fuel. After getting a full tank of 93 in there, the crickets disappeared.


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