Consumables for maintenance

There is no motorist who does not face the difficult process of choosing spare parts for repair or routine maintenance of the car. For a person who is not particularly burdened, it all comes down to a trip to a service where the manager will do everything, but for a sophisticated person who knows that you can seriously save on spare parts, and without the risk of quality deterioration, this process is viscous. Viscous, because you have to pick up spare parts, and there are thousands, hundreds of thousands. To simplify the search, each of all spare parts (each, even the most ordinary-looking gasket or sealing ring) has its own unique number, which, by the way, may contain letters. This number is actually a name, a passport detail. And if you know the number of the part you need, then at least a third has made life easier for yourself and the seller in the auto parts store. At the moment, in order to pick up any part, there is no special need for a physical presence in a specialized spare parts store; moreover, many online stores do not have their own warehouses at all, but work as order desks, in contact with wholesale sites. In view of this, when explaining to the manager what you, on «some car» 2007 with a 2.0-liter engine with a six-speed manual transmission, a rear gearbox input shaft oil seal was needed, he can ask a completely logical question: «What gearbox model do you have?», - since the gearbox is manual, 6-speed, but can be supplied from different companies with different designs, at this moment you may blush, because you did not even know about such details of your car. And if you had some reference data on hand that would indicate unique part numbers, then the order would be reduced to two phrases containing the car model, year of manufacture and, in fact, the number of the desired part.


You need to understand what consumable parts or materials are (so or «consumables», as many motorists call them). These are elements that can, and sometimes even need to be replaced during the operation of the car or during the passage of the next MOT. From that and consumables that are not subject to repair and restoration - they are replaced with new ones, some according to the regulations, some as necessary. Consumables include all oil seals, drive belts, gaskets, brake pads, seals, silent blocks, etc.

Now let's understand the concepts «original» And «not original» detail. The following description is given in the context of what we mean by consumable parts. Original, means manufactured at the factory of your car and, as it were, it has a quality certificate, for which the manufacturer is responsible. True, it is worth clarifying that automotive companies have long switched to a subcontracting scheme, that is, they do not manufacture themselves, but transfer the entire process into the hands of another company with specialized production. This company makes the same part, only puts the customer's logo on some, and its own on the other. That part that has a logo or the name of the customer is called original, and that with the name of the manufacturer is called non-original. In fact, the same spare part, but with a different cost. One of the most striking examples is Lemferder, which manufactures steering and suspension parts. It is necessary, however, to make a reservation about fakes. Which can be both with the name of the automaker's company and with the name of the subcontractor's company, but with workmanship much lower than average and lower.

The numbers of the original and non-original spare parts may differ, so you need to be careful when choosing them. Many service stations advise using only original spare parts, since in case of unforeseen situations, you can always contact the automaker whose stamp is on the part with a problem. That is why, and also due to the fact that there are a lot of manufacturers of non-original spare parts and each of them can assign unique numbers to spare parts, the following pages contain data on original consumables.

How to use the material described on the following pages? Very simple. It usually starts with a chapter on vehicle maintenance and operation, which almost always includes a section on carrying out routine maintenance on the vehicle. From this section you will learn about which particular part needs to be replaced in accordance with the mileage of the car, for example, a fuel filter. Having decided on the name of the part, open the SR chapter, look for the desired spare part with its catalog number. Write down this number and go to the store or on the Internet.