[roddy]

For the 2nd gear thing, see if you can find Pentosin MTF2...works better than anything else I've tried, and my car sees some very cold temps during the winter.


For the crickets, fuel with no ethanol works for me. The shell 91 we have here in Ontario Canada has no ethanol in it. However, we also have 94 octane available (with 10% ethanol) and the car seems to like it better. When I run the 94 in warm weather, it chirps like crazy. When using the 94, I have found that adding 1-2oz of 2-stroke oil to the tank at fill up effectively kills the crickets. My car has over 90,000kms on the clock, and I have had no issues (O2 sensors, catalytic converters, spark plugs, etc) from doing this. I will be changing the plugs this spring and will post up pics when I do.