# Fuel economy chips

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [February 17, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424 "2013-02-17T05:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![pinedalepaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pinedalepaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pinedalepaul)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/1 "2013-02-17T05:00:35Z")

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Do the advertised economy fuel chips really work? The ads sound great, but I’m not sure. I have a 2010 Toyota Tundra, 5.7. Thanks

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/2 "2013-02-17T05:06:25Z")

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They work very well for the companies that sell them to the naive and unsuspecting folks who waste their money on them. Don’t be one of those naive and unsuspecting folks.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/3 "2013-02-17T05:25:44Z")

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@pinedalepaul are you a consumer reports subscriber? If you are, you can read their articles on fuel improvement devices. In short, they actually test them, and they don’t do squat. All they do is make the companies selling them rich, as @VDCdriver already stated.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 7:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/4 "2013-02-17T07:25:34Z")

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Yep, they’re scams. Think about it - if it was that simple, why wouldn’t the makers do it?

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**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/5 "2013-02-17T16:30:35Z")

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Proper tire inflation,driving carefully is about all you can do to improve the fuel economy of the Tundra(chip wont help-a diesel engine or smaller vehicle will)-Kevin

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/6 "2013-02-17T23:16:55Z")

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Scam. Bogus product. The only thing they do well is take money from your bank account and put it in someone elses.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-economy-chips/77424/7 "2013-02-18T01:37:23Z")

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Continuing along with texases’ statement, since all automakers want to be able to report the highest possible fuel economy figures, if achieving better gas mileage was possible with different computer chips, they would do it. To assume that somebody working in his basement has technical expertise superior to that of the major automakers is just…wishful thinking.