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Old 08-27-2014, 12:03 AM   #4458
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Originally Posted by Luis_GT View Post
I tried E10 for the first time last week cause I was low on gas and was the first thing I found.

Instant crickets after 15K miles... going back to my 93 E0 even if its 5 cents more a liter.
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Originally Posted by smg1138 View Post
I'm at just over 15k miles and the crickets are still in full force when using E10. As soon as I fill up with E0 though, they completely go away. I've tested this several times and it's always the same.
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Originally Posted by tonyfrs86 View Post
so im at 30,000 miles about and i still have crickets. they only completley go away when i fill up with ethanol free and i noticed they are way way way more quite when i use lucas upper cylinder lube when i use regular gas.

i am turbo'd and i run 5w-30 in my engine, i dont know if that important to you guys or not.
I seriously wonder if those of us using E0 aren't prolonging some sort of break-in. It does make sense that the resonating component(s) could eventually "detune" themselves over time - some specific area or sharp corner eventually wears in enough that the ringing stops.
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