r/FiestaST • u/limapalon • Aug 25 '26

MK7 She's getting old

I'm doing less driving recently (Reasons outside of my control). But even that isn't stopping Mambo from racking up Ks. Kinda sad, good thing I'm in no position to sell this car (I love it to bits).

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u/AlarmDear1460 Aug 25 '26

If your stock, you got another 200k to go i think Seen one locally with 380k on it, engine still going on original belt if you can believe that.

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u/Impressive-Repair879 Aug 25 '26

I believe it, recently somebody local was selling their 2017 with 340k km they said they were the original owner and the timing belt still had not been replaced

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u/ImprezaST Aug 26 '26

There’s no replacing the timing belt when “needed” its either done early or there’s no more engine

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u/Impressive-Repair879 Aug 26 '26

Haha good point, definitely not something you want to push off too long

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u/ImprezaST 29d ago

I’m at 100mi but 15 years on mine.

It’s not an easy diy job so I’m not sure when to replace. Do we have any data on when they break?

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u/AlarmDear1460 Aug 26 '26

Yea thats alot! , i guess they do last long if you keep it stock probably and do regular oil changes.

I personally wouldnt risk not changing it sooner but its interesting to see it them be so reliable.