That's where some of the chips become truly dangerous .
"truly dangerous"?
Tony, we should remember how many hundred of thousands of chips are there now currently on vehicles in the world running perfectly fine?
If chipping were problematic you would have every forum and every 4WD mag telling people EVERYWHERE of the horror stories of how this customer had a chip and it stuffed the engine AND NOT TO FIT A CHIP!
I wonder why you never hear of such warnings?
Could it be that the scare stories that are put out there by some are just 1) not true or 2) just random occurrences that befall any motor vehicle user and is why the manufacturers offer a warranty on their products.
We all know people that have had some engine faults. If you're in the game long enough you hear of every part of the car failing.
Guys we all know mechanical parts fail. They can fail for no reason at all or more correctly no fault of the owner.
I know of a 40,000kms Hilux that dropped the injector tip. Toyota tried to say it must of been what the owner did. That car was fully stock engine wise. I know the owner and I know the car. He said to the dealer, you guys have been servicing the vehicle since new, and you know nothing was added. They agreed. After Toyota had replaced the engine he rang us up for a chip. Just so people know this story is true, owner's name is Tony and he owns an Italian Restaurant in Manly.
Forum members here would also know Nissan had many issues in an earlier engine where pistons were failing. You could service that car religiously every 5000 kms but the car could still have the issue.
And diesel smart saying that a company that MAKES chips in Australia had the issue stated .... well I can tell you 1000% that we are the ONLY company in Asutralia making chips our own chips AND 1000% we have NEVER had a guy ring saying his Patrol has failed. That's a fact. So isn't it funny that THEY know about this and point the bone at us and we never had any customer call with this issue. Just more scare mongering.