Least harmful additives to eliminate crickets

[White64Goat]

Woodpecker?? Now THAT'S loud.............

[Muskokan]

Woodpeckers WITH the crazy loud chirping, my 86 is trying to create it's own damn biome under there


How much oil you guys put in with a tank? Think ill jus do a cap full and see how it goes

[CodyFRS]

I have herd that using Ethanol Free gas would clear up the crickets, So I gave that a shot and it still didn't help me out. Pointless comment, I know. Just stating a method that didn't work haha

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by CodyFRS

I have herd that using Ethanol Free gas would clear up the crickets, So I gave that a shot and it still didn't help me out. Pointless comment, I know. Just stating a method that didn't work haha

But it's worth repeating it, because the people who insist that it's the ethanol causing the problem need to hear it. If ethanol were the problem, we wouldn't have some folks saying their crickets went away when they went over to E85.

I'm convinced it's not the ethanol, but the additives the different oil companies use when blending gasoline. There are more than 20 blends of gas sold in the United States, and they change throughout the year. You can always fill up at the same station every time and still end up with different blends of gasoline.

In my area, Sam's Club gas causes an alarming amount of noise under my hood. Shell is moderate but varies. Exxon seems to be a little louder but varies. So far my best results have been with Chevron, but the crickets still haven't been eliminated.

Over on Bobistheoilguy.com there is a lot of discussion about consumer fuel additives (not specific to the twins). A lot of people are running ashless two-stroke oil in their cars, specifically TC-W3. Not just any two-stroke oil will do; it has to be ashless. I asked about the Marvel Mystery Oil above because I saw some favorable discussion over there about that also. A lot of people over there seem to think the Lucas additive is a waste of money, but they're evaluating it on the basis of extending engine life and not its cricket exterminating properties. The general consensus seems to be that it won't hurt anything to use it, just that it doesn't really do anything to extend the life of the fuel system.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I'm convinced it's not the ethanol, but the additives the different oil companies use when blending gasoline. There are more than 20 blends of gas sold in the United States, and they change throughout the year. You can always fill up at the same station every time and still end up with different blends of gasoline.

This is one of the more likely reasons why this occurs, but from my personal experience, every time I've added a 93 octane 10% ethanol blend to my tank, I get crickets and chirps within 30 miles after filling up. As soon as I switch back to Spinx or Red Robin 93 octane no ethanol, crickets go away. This stays consistent throughout the entire year, and I've never had to use any additives.

This also remained true when I drove home to Illinois and back - crickets all the way and back because 10% blends were all I could get easily outside of SC. First tank of no ethanol after I got back and crickets went away.

Maybe the no ethanol here has additives that they don't put in the ethanol blends (or vice versa), and the fuel pump just likes that blend better.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Maybe the no ethanol here has additives that they don't put in the ethanol blends (or vice versa), and the fuel pump just likes that blend better.

I think this is probably what is happening. If ethanol were the cause, we would all see this difference consistently, and the E85 people would have cricket symphonies as their BRZ/FRS soundtrack. The fact that we can't seem to get a consistent result would indicate that the problem lies elsewhere.

[Esoteric]

Used TC-W3 since sept of 2012 on the shop car. Crickets sometimes come and go. Does not seem to be a 100% fix. Car has never been altered by the dealer since delivery in may of 2012.

The TC-W3 and *certain gas seems to work*.... On a few cars we have tested... but it's not 100% so we have never posted it as a fix. Not a scientific answer, so we're not going to spread that.

[steve99]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

I think this is probably what is happening. If ethanol were the cause, we would all see this difference consistently, and the E85 people would have cricket symphonies as their BRZ/FRS soundtrack. The fact that we can't seem to get a consistent result would indicate that the problem lies elsewhere.

Some blends of E85 contain additives which kill the crickets.

E85 (united) Stuff we get here fires them up, as does any 10% ethanol fuel, once I go back to no ethanol fuel crickets die or at least lie dormant until you fill e'm up with alcohol again.

[Vmax911]

I added 1.5 ounces of penzoil semi-synthetic tc-w3 to my last fill up of Shell 91. Hasn't done a dang thing to help with crickets. I'll probably try Chevron next tank.

[andrew20195]

Originally Posted by Mad1723

Best way is to avoid petro canada 94 (which contains 10% ethanol) and go with Shell V-Power. Never had the crickets before, used Petro 94 and it started. Went back to Shell V-Power, boom, problem fixed

Not sure about Canada, but in the U.S. Shell V-Power contains Ethanol. It is actually a requirement of the Top Tier Fuel program that all fuels with that rating use 10% Ethanol.

[Mad1723]

Originally Posted by andrew20195

Not sure about Canada, but in the U.S. Shell V-Power contains Ethanol. It is actually a requirement of the Top Tier Fuel program that all fuels with that rating use 10% Ethanol.

Actually, the top tier fuel requires additive, not ethanol last I checked =)

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[supramkivtt2jz]

i added an exhaust. my crickets are gone now.

[eric6]

I add a full 3.5 ounces of 2-stroke oil (specifically Amsoil Saber) and the crickets went away. This works out to ~500:1 ratio with a full tank of gas.

[dannyboy8793]

I use Lucas fuel injected cleaner and seems to work for me.