Engine idle chirping (cricket) noise poll. - Page 245 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

FR-S Matt · 12-12-2013, 02:22 PM

Another update:

Toyota will be sending the Houston, TX engineers up to Round Rock to look/work on my car for Dec. 18th and 19th. I'll be dropping it off on the 17th. My dealership is serious about getting this resolved rather than just throwing new pumps in the car. I will report back when the Toyota engineers are done and what the plans are.

Jertronic · 12-12-2013, 02:30 PM

Matt- How many miles before the newest pump began to chirp for you again?

I'm on 1,100mi, 4 weeks have passed, and my pump is starting to get just a little bit squeaky. Nothing like the full on crickets but my faith in this latest pump installation is beginning to grow dim.

FR-S Matt · 12-12-2013, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jertronic

Matt- How many miles before the newest pump began to chirp for you again?

I'm on 1,100mi, 4 weeks have passed, and my pump is starting to get just a little bit squeaky. Nothing like the full on crickets but my faith in this latest pump installation is beginning to grow dim.

250 mark, first tank of gas. It has chirped consistently in both cold and warm temperatures. There are still occurrences where it does not chirp after it comes back from a warm startup. (Lets say 20-30 minutes)

Muskokan · 12-12-2013, 04:27 PM

Just checking in... 4,000km since new pump and it's smooth sailing here...

FR-S Matt · 12-12-2013, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muskokan

Just checking in... 4,000km since new pump and it's smooth sailing here...

Ontario have ethanol in its gas or have you been filling with 0 ethanol?

Muskokan · 12-12-2013, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

Ontario have ethanol in its gas or have you been filling with 0 ethanol?

No we get ethonal, all I can find.

FR-S Matt · 12-12-2013, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muskokan

No we get ethonal, all I can find.

Wish I had your luck! 4k KM is a pretty safe assumption you're good.

Muskokan · 12-12-2013, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

Wish I had your luck! 4k KM is a pretty safe assumption you're good.

Here's hoping!

All I can get is 91 too, so this pump seems solid.

Hopefully it's just a few isolated duds out there.

Stierzy34 · 12-12-2013, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by twag4

It literally sounds like a cricket making one continuous, uninterrupted chirp. No breaks in the chirping unless you get above a certain RPM.

Brb, must have left my car on in the garage.....

strat61caster · 12-12-2013, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by FR-S Matt

I will report back when the Toyota engineers are done and what the plans are.

Just a grain of salt, you're not the first to have 'engineers' look at your car (maybe the first with this latest pump) and I doubt they could make any conclusions without removing the pump and investigating by disassembly.

Glad you feel taken care of, Toyobaru have been kind of hit and miss on that front if you go by the postings here.

solidONE · 12-13-2013, 12:16 AM

I killed the crickets with a tank of E85 and a OTS tune by Vishnu. lol

Funny how in small amounts ethanol is blamed for the crickets, yet in large amounts (E85 fuel) it makes them go away. Why is that? hmmmmmmmmm

humfrz · 12-13-2013, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by solidONE

I killed the crickets with a tank of E85 and a OTS tune by Vishnu. lol

Funny how in small amounts ethanol is blamed for the crickets, yet in large amounts (E85 fuel) it makes them go away. Why is that? hmmmmmmmmm

Because ...... the 10% ethanol just feeds 10% of the crickets, so the others make a racket; ..... but 85% feeds them all ..... so, they are quiet.

humfrz - retired entomologist ....

strat61caster · 12-13-2013, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by solidONE

I killed the crickets with a tank of E85 and a OTS tune by Vishnu. lol

Funny how in small amounts ethanol is blamed for the crickets, yet in large amounts (E85 fuel) it makes them go away. Why is that? hmmmmmmmmm

The hypothesis is that E10 is 'drier' than E0 fuel and E85 has added lubricants to compensate as Ethanol is not as lubricative.

I don't agree with it but it's the short answer from E0 proponents.

xoxomichaela · 12-13-2013, 09:57 AM

I started getting the crickets around 1500 miles. I had heard that getting the ethanol free gas would get rid of them but it was impossible to find any in my area so i just kind of went with it. I'm now at almost 6000 miles and I haven't heard them in a while! It's super cold where I am now and I don't know if that affects it at all but hopefully they are gone for good!

View Poll Results: Do you have chirping (cricket) noise during idle once the car is warmed up?
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12-12-2013, 04:27 PM	#3420
Muskokan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: white Sport-tech Location: Ontario Posts: 676 Thanks: 204 Thanked 320 Times in 149 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Just checking in... 4,000km since new pump and it's smooth sailing here...

12-13-2013, 12:16 AM	#3427
solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 791 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I killed the crickets with a tank of E85 and a OTS tune by Vishnu. lol Funny how in small amounts ethanol is blamed for the crickets, yet in large amounts (E85 fuel) it makes them go away. Why is that? hmmmmmmmmm

12-13-2013, 09:57 AM	#3430
xoxomichaela Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2013 Limited Brz Location: VA Posts: 97 Thanks: 250 Thanked 64 Times in 34 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I started getting the crickets around 1500 miles. I had heard that getting the ethanol free gas would get rid of them but it was impossible to find any in my area so i just kind of went with it. I'm now at almost 6000 miles and I haven't heard them in a while! It's super cold where I am now and I don't know if that affects it at all but hopefully they are gone for good!

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