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Old 06-06-2009, 01:33 PM
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Default crickets in my front end?
New sound

Sounds like an extended cricket chirp in or near the front end .

Happens only after the vehicle is warm (a few Km of driving) and only when the engine is slowing the Jeep (as in coasting a slight decline).

More prominent in 3rd gear than the others although still present.

Goes away when I re-apply the gas, or put in the clutch.


Any ideas ?

Going in for service next week.
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Old 06-06-2009, 02:25 PM
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Wheel bearing?
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Was thinking maybe that but would the sound go away under power? Accelerating makes it stop
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Is it a cricket sound or more of a high pitched whistle?
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Cricket almost exactly. Like a real long cricket chirp.
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My money is on the Idler Pulley.
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Maybe its a cricket.
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I doused it with anti cricket powder last week
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Originally Posted by 09rubicon
My money is on the Idler Pulley.
I would change the idler pulley $16-17 at Napa
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