OEReplacement News

Neglect your oil change, and you’ll shorten the life of your engine. That’s your choice, just like ordering that triple-salami sandwich for lunch. For other items, such as timing chains, CV (constant velocity) boots and joints, they might not actually need replacing, but they do need inspection, because the consequences can be as serious as a heart attack.

Today’s cars are so well built that it can be tempting to leave that air filter in there forever, but what you’re really tempting is fate.

Many scheduled maintenance items aren’t just important for the overall longevity of your car; they’re vital for safety. Otherwise, you might not know about a problem until it’s too late. If you’re lucky, that will just be the horrible grinding noise brakes make when you’ve used up the pads, and are wearing away the rotor with the caliper. If you’re lucky, you’ll have time to stop and call the tow truck.

If you’re not lucky, it’ll be a breakdown that damages the car, strands you or causes an accident. Either way, following vehicle maintenance schedules, and using only original equipment quality parts when needed, will not only prevent premature wear, damage and possible collisions, but also keep your vehicle running as well as it did when new for as long as possible. That’s why it’s called “preventative:” it prevents problems.

Taken together, the three factors, safety, reliability and longevity, are a convincing argument that following vehicle maintenance schedules, and maintaining your vehicle with OE parts from OE Replacement, is the only way to get you money’s worth out of a car. It might seem as though you’re saving a dollar today, but all you’re doing is ensuring that you spend ten tomorrow, and any way you look at it, that’s a bad deal.


Filed under: Industry News by Josh Razgunas On: April 9th, 2010