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I wouldn’t worry about it, unless it’s a high performance thing with real tight specifications. I don’t know what mystry oil is, but with frequent oil changes with flushes, you probably wouldn’t need additives yet. I’ve got 190,000, 119,000 and 110,000 miles on my cars and they all look fine on the inside. I run 10w-50 where 10w-30 is specified and all three have never missed a beat, it really depends on your climate. For example, 5w-XX would be too thin for my climate.
If you’re really worried, go to your car’s club forum and ask the people there, they will probably be able to advise you better, but it should be fine, as some others here have already pointed out.
I’d get all the tools necessary for just about anything first, if you’re doing it on your own. I can’t explain it, it just gives you that extra confidence in working on a car. I went out and got a Haynes, Ellery’s and the car’s factory manual, so every part of every system is covered. I joined my car’s club forum and there are highly experienced owners there, so they know the failure patterns and more than likely have previously run into a problem I’m having.
Think about it, you’re the only person who knows your car the best. I’ve found that lesser experienced mechanics tend to apply the same procedures on a broad range of cars, but when your car calls for certain specialized techniques, there’ll be a problem. Mine was that they kept using sealants in places they’re conventionally used, but my engine was designed so it doesn’t require sealants where gaskets are used, applying sealant actually causes problems.
It’s not that they’re bad mechanics, it’s that they don’t specialize in that car, so it just may be that you’ll know your car’s design better than they do, hell, I know my car’s parts requirements better than the dealer’s parts guy. There’s also the added bonus of you controlling what goes on your car i.e. quality/oem parts.
As for your tension problem, check the tension of the belt yourself, confirm that’s the problem. See if it’s within spec (can be found in the manual), if it’s too tight, you can bring it back to the shop and show it to them and then you’d have every right to demand compensation, though, from experience, they may insist that they do the repairs themselves and not actually refund you, not sure how it works there, but that’s how it is here in Australia. You could readjust the tension yourself, but if the problem persists because the damage has been done, then you wouldn’t have a case for a free repair/refund, since it can be said that you’ve fiddled around with it and that may have been what caused the problem and you’re trying to cheat them. For me, if it’s clearly their fault, I don’t see why I should pay for their mistake. Next time, it needs replacing, I’ll do it myself.
I’d get all the tools necessary for just about anything first, if you’re doing it on your own. I can’t explain it, it just gives you that extra confidence in working on a car. I went out and got a Haynes, Ellery’s and the car’s factory manual, so every part of every system is covered. I joined my car’s club forum and there are highly experienced owners there, so they know the failure patterns and more than likely have previously run into a problem I’m having.
Think about it, you’re the only person who knows your car the best. I’ve found that lesser experienced mechanics tend to apply the same procedures on a broad range of cars, but when your car calls for certain specialized techniques, there’ll be a problem. Mine was that they kept using sealants in places they’re conventionally used, but my engine was designed so it doesn’t require sealants where gaskets are used, applying sealant actually causes problems.
It’s not that they’re bad mechanics, it’s that they don’t specialize in that car, so it just may be that you’ll know your car’s design better than they do, hell, I know my car’s parts requirements better than the dealer’s parts guy. There’s also the added bonus of you controlling what goes on your car i.e. quality/oem parts.
As for your tension problem, check the tension of the belt yourself, confirm that’s the problem. See if it’s within spec (can be found in the manual), if it’s too tight, you can bring it back to the shop and show it to them and then you’d have every right to demand compensation, though, from experience, they may insist that they do the repairs themselves and not actually refund you, not sure how it works there, but that’s how it is here in Australia. You could readjust the tension yourself, but if the problem persists because the damage has been done, then you wouldn’t have a case for a free repair/refund, since it can be said that you’ve fiddled around with it and that may have been what caused the problem and you’re trying to cheat them. For me, if it’s clearly their fault, I don’t see why I should pay for their mistake. Next time, it needs replacing, I’ll do it myself.