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Originally Posted by extrashaky
I haven't had crickets at all since I moved to Florida, so I'm even more convinced than ever that the crickets are caused by the fuel blend (winter/summer) and the additive packages. Since it's warm here throughout the year, our blends don't get as much butane as in colder climates.
When I lived in Texas and Louisiana, I'd get crickets on winter blends and on cheap gas from Sam's Club or Marathon stations. Sam's gas was the worst. I thought the fuel pump was going to jump out of the damned car and go hopping down the street on its own.
And before anybody says it, I'm almost certain that non-ethanol gas won't fix it. I tried it when it was the big bandwagon fix, and it made my crickets worse. I'm pretty sure it was because it was just shitty gas from mom and pop stations that was either cut down with a lot of octane substitutes or had really bad additive packages.
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That's interesting. I'm in Florida and have never had crickets. I only use whatever 93 octane is cheapest. Usually Sunoco or Cumberland Farms. Neither of which are "top tier" fuels. So maybe it's the additives that cause it.