Engine idle chirping (cricket) noise poll.

[l0aded]

Originally Posted by xjohnx

did they order the part ahead of time? If not, they're probably waiting for it to show up.

Yes, the part actually took 3 months to come in as well . Now I'm just hoping they didn't destroy my car but being that I took it to a dealer I'm pretty terrified.

Originally Posted by Lonewolf

...and in the meantime some porter or tech will be keeping your car company by redlining her while doing donuts and drifting around parking lots...

Pretty much what I'm terrified of especially since they are keeping it for more than a whole day for a 2.5h install.

[NedVargar]

I drove by the dealer a few times but I could never reproduce the noise when I was nearby. I noticed that it happened more with a certain gas, so I started using it all the time.

I finally got them to hear it and I took it in and left it with them. I gave them the TSB and everything. They had to order the parts so they gave me my vehicle back.

The parts came in about a week and I brought it back and got a loaner thinking it would take a while. I got a call 2 hours later that they were done!

I noted the mileage from when I brought it in each time. The first time, for the test, it had 2 miles on it, the second visit for the fix 0.

The idle sounds so much better since the fix! It's been about three days and no re-occurrence.

[748mono]

they changed the fuel pump and the noise is worse now then before.

[Silver86]

Originally Posted by NedVargar

I noted the mileage from when I brought it in each time. The first time, for the test, it had 2 miles on it, the second visit for the fix 0.

Yeah, when they do the TSB they don't take it on the test drive. All they do is start it up, let it run until hot, and see if the chirp starts.

The problem with not taking it on a test drive is that the chirp doesn't start for some people until after its been driven for a few miles, not just warmed up.

I honestly don't expect a fix until the 2014 models come out, it just doesn't make any business sense for Toyota to do another TSB and release another fuel pump. They are going to let the fraction of people who are stuck with fuel that has ethanol in it and let it ride until 2014.

We produced about 13 billion gallons of ethanol in 2012 and consumed 12.95 billion gallons of ethanol in the same year. The only other country to come remotely close to that is Brazil, and they were importing from us until 2002. In 2011 we were still producing 8 billion more gallons of Ethanol than Brazil; now their productions are stalling like ours should be but America hasn't been too fast on picking up on when we are in a bad deal and need to gtfo so we keep producing this expensive, wasteful, resource intensive ethanol.

What makes this ethanol scheme so successful is the sheer lack of interest people have in actually becoming educated on what they are supporting. They see "omfg this is going to be better for the environment and get us off foreign oil!". Not only is it not better for the environment, but its shit for your car and is damaging to farming land that could be used for something other than corn. Now we have to pay farmers (the same farmers we paid to grow the corn) to plant grass just to bring the land down to a idle state. It would take over 12+ acres of land per US citizen to replace the US fuel supply with Maize Ethanol.

Ethanol in its current various flavors isn't a solution, its a sidetrack from sustainable, high yield fuel sources. Its a cash grab. The the big energy companies don't want to totally replace petrol until they have to, so they push ethanol like its progress and people gobble it up. Then they lobby the government to give subsidies to farmers to grow the massive amounts of corn (which rapes the land and agricultural resources) they need to produce the Ethanol which shits on your fuel mileage and performance so you have to buy more gas. If we were smart we would stop blowing money and resources on a fuel that's at best a failed avenue in our path to clean energies in all sectors, at worst a scam that plays on the public's general desire to do something (as long as they don't actually have to go out of their way to do anything) for the environment.

Toyota isn't going to fix a problem that is mostly an North/South American problem. I'm curious to whether the Sugarcane ethanol and the Cellulosic ethanol cause the chirp verses our wasteful, illogical Maize Ethanol.

[texasbound972]

Originally Posted by 748mono

they changed the fuel pump and the noise is worse now then before.

Check the part numbers and see if they are different than mine. I have put over 1,000 miles on since my fix and everything is still good.

[kioton32]

I got my fuel pump replaced... Let's see if it fixes it...

[B L U E S L A T E]

Originally Posted by B L U E S L A T E

Just did my second oil change yesterday at 5100 miles. First oil change was done at 2000 miles with OEM 0w-20 synthetic oil. Up until the oil change yesterday, I would always hear this chirping sound at idle, but after yesterday's oil change, which I used Motul 300V 5w-30, I no longer hear the chirping anymore. Do I think oil had something to do with it? I have no idea. Do I think it's completely eliminated? I rightfully doubt so. But I will keep this post updated as I put more miles on my BRZ. Just wanted to share my experience.

Nevermind with the above post... it came back today. smh...

[J1000ZX]

Add me to the list! Changed the fuel pump 800 miles ago at 2k just noticed today the birds are back. Very annoying!! I guess this is one of those things we will have to just get used to this sound?? Fugg it

[J1000ZX]

Question, would an aftermarket Fuel Pump maybe fix this?

[TouchMyHonda]

I'm sorry to ask but this thread is 51 pages. I just noticed my brz doing the noise today here in Chicago. Is there an actual fix or is this simply something to live with?

[raptor87]

mine started doing it right around 4k miles

[J1000ZX]

Filled up with Shell, and the noise went away today.... I was using Mobil gas before. Maybe it's just coming and going? Dunno

[solidONE]

Originally Posted by J1000ZX

Filled up with Shell, and the noise went away today.... I was using Mobil gas before. Maybe it's just coming and going? Dunno

I've used strictly Shell gasoline. The hotter it runs or the harder I run it the louder the chirp gets.

[djdnz]

I've only ever filled up with Shell 91, ethanol free and I just started getting this yesterday

Had the car since last July, thought I was safe.