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Old 08-19-2015, 01:50 PM   #4768
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Originally Posted by thychubbz View Post

tl;dr North American companies put ethanol in their gas to dilute it, and this probably causes the crickets. If you have crickets, get as close to empty as you can and fill up at Shell.
You are about 4,265 post late with that newsflash on this thread alone.
I do agree that most of the time it works, but not always, so don't be disappointed if they pop up every once in a while.
The ethanol is not in there are some sort of conspiracy to "dilute" gas but is actually a valuable additive to modern engines. Our pumps just don't like it (or love it maybe).
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