Beware of Fuel Pill Schemes!

By: Scott Siegel


Have you noticed ads for pills or powder or even liquids that you put into your gas tank and, magically, you will get up to 30% better gas mileage? Wow, that's more powerful magic than Harry Potter can produce! The number one selling fuel pill out there was a product made by Bioperformance. Their product was known as the gas pill or the fuel pill.

The State of Texas Attorney General filed a criminal charges against Bioperformance. The Attorney General stated "We will aggressively fight these con artists who cynically exploit the public's concerns about high gas prices to line their own pockets."

He referred to them con artists. That is exactly what they are. It seems, if you had put moth balls into your gas tank you would accomplish the same thing as the fuel pill. The fuel pill was found to be basically the chemical equivalent of mothballs.

Bioperformance was really only out to encourage the recruitment of more and more paying members into what seems to be pyramid scheme according to statements made by the attorney general.

There are still companies and products out there that are working the same scam. MPG-Cap is one. Another one is Enviro-Max. They work on the same premise as Bioperformance. they claim you will get significant increases in fuel economy by dropping their pills into your gas tank.

Most of their testing and claims are based on testimonials from drivers. There is no way that a driver without sophisticated and expensive equipment can effectively measure the miles per gallon differences from an additive.

Normal driving conditions preclude keeping conditions constant. Weather, traffic volume, accidents, road construction and stop light patterns all have a tremendous impact on fuel economy from day to day. There is no way an average driver can take those factors into consideration in order to run a sound test.

A major part of the claim of Enviromax Plus is that it makes the fuel in your engine burn more completely. Enviro-max claims it will lower the unburned fuel in your engine from 15 percent down to 1 to 2 percent. Somewhere they forgot to tell you that todays engines actually burn gas with an efficiency of about 98 to 99 percent. So your engine already does what the company says it's product will help your car do.

Don't believe the wild claims of these modern day snake oil salesmen. Save your money! The bottom line, as is usually the case, if it seems to good to be true, it probably is!

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Scott Siegel is the author of a 143 page book of automotive industry insider secrets on saving gas and dollars at the pump (beatthegaspump.com). Visit us to discover how you can get better gas mileage. Find out how to increase gas mileage.
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