But there is more to an auto part than just the part itself. The make and model and year of your car will have a great impact on how much the part will cost to replace and how easy the part is to get.

Once you have chosen a yard interested in the pick up girls in your car, go through your car and remove everything. The owner's manual, title, and keys are all that the auto salvage yard wants or needs for the car. Once you turn the car over to them, they are not going to let you go back through it for the personal items you forgot.

But, you should know that used parts are less than 50% the price of their newer counterparts. Take for instance you want to buy a wheel cover — buying a completely new one would be unthinkable for most of us — It's totally out of our budget! However, you could get the same quality and even better designs for cheaper rates when you shop at a used parts store.

Recycling car parts saves a lot of space in landfills. Why throw something away when it can still be used? Also, buying used car parts allows you to use quality parts made by the original manufacturer. Recyclers are skilled in determining which car parts are damaged and which are reusable.

One thing that you want to remember no matter who fixes it is that auto parts don't come cheap. Most of the parts you will need will cost you a little bit of money to a lot of money. It just depends on what needs to be fixed. When you have auto warranty on your car the major repairs and parts will be covered so it won't cost you much of anything.

Be sure that the new oil filter has the rubber washer properly seated. Screw on the new oil filter by hand. Then tighten it with the filter wrench. Do not over tighten the filter. Just make it so you can feel it is tightly snug.