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Originally Posted by thychubbz
This was totally unacceptable in my eyes, so I started asking friends if they had any ideas. A guy I know who owns a Maserati suggested that it was probably the ethanol in the gasoline that was causing the chirping sound, and suggested I give Shell V-Power a try. Last night I had finally emptied my car and filled it with Shell, and the crickets were gone. Damn you ethanol, damn you.
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.
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Shell V-power is much more expensive compared to Chevron's highest octane, at least around here - sometimes by 20-30 cents or more! Sure, its only 3 dollars in the grand scheme of things those 3 dollars can be put to better use for me.
I'm living with the crickets, they come and they go. I haven't heard them since the weather cooled down.