It’s never a good thing when your car breaks down. You rely on it to get you where you need to go. Taking it to a mechanic can also be costly and time-consuming. If your mechanic is very busy, it could be a week or more before he can get the work completed and return your car to you. Fortunately, there are many repairs and preventative maintenance procedures that you can accomplish yourself. As a bonus, using a salvage yard such as U Pull & Save can help you to save even more money. Here are some of the simplest repairs you can do on your car. - An oil change is probably the easiest and most straight forward preventative maintenance you can do on your car. Simply put, you open the drain plug, drain the old oil out, remove and replace the old filter, then replace the drain plug. Pour new oil in and measure to make sure it has enough and you are good to go.
- The spark plugs are another easy repair. They are a bit more complex than an oil change and do require a deep socket wrench to remove them, but it’s generally as simple as taking out the old ones and inserting the new ones.
- One more straight forward repair is replacing the alternator. The alternator is what charges the battery when the engine is running. Replacing it involves loosening the serpentine belt, disconnecting the power cables and unbolted the old alternator. You then do those steps in reverse to install the replacement.
Doing your own repair work on your car can save you a lot of time and money. There are some jobs, such as repairing the transmission, that should always be left to the professionals. However, for the simpler jobs, doing it yourself and using a salvage yard like U Pull & Save for parts can significantly lower the cost of the repair.
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