2017 with 60,000 no maintenance history

[Fist2017]

I was hoping the timing belt job could make it till tax season next year. The car runs and drives awesome. It’s bone stock. When I got it the oil was black. The shady shop I got it from offered me an oil change so I said why not. They filled it a quart or more over the max line. So I had to do my own oil change regardless when I got it home. When I drained the 5+ quarts they put in it the oil came out blacker than I would like to see. So it was probably beneficial doing a sacrificial oil change to clean in out. I can’t say the car was neglected its whole life because it runs supper quiet and seems like it was otherwise taken care of. So I’m just wondering if I should rush that job or if i can get to the 10 year mark. I usually throw a little at 205 reseal in all my engines every few oil changes to help with rubber bits. I can’t say definitely add a bit to the ecoboom to hopefully help get me to next spring I’m just wondering if I’m on borrowed time or still in the safe window. It will be 10 years old next spring and I’ll probably put no more than 5,000 miles on it till then. It’s at 61,000 right now.

 

[Switchback]

Did you pull a carfax report for it? You can get them for relatively cheap if you know where to look (grey market). Bumper alignment looks good, and you're probably fine on the timing belt to be honest. You've got really low mileage for the year, which is fantastic. Welcome to the club!

 

[M-Sport fan]

The ATP205 Reseal has esters in it to help condition the internal seals, but since we have a DRY timing belt, it would do nothing at all to help prolong the life of that consumable part.

Also; you probably already know this, but an overdose of that 205 product can actually damage seals by over softening them, and therefore cause the leaks it is supposed to be preventing.

It is one of the reasons that there must be a balance in blending motor oil, and why (except for some pure racing oils) no motor oil is made with 100% ester/POE base stocks.
(The ATP 205 is a different type of ester than that used in motor oil base stocks, but it acts the same way towards internal seals, only in much more concentrated manner than base stock esters.)