Hi everybody,
Back to FitFreak after not posting since. . . well, about the time my daughter was born.
Anyway, I've ended my long years of apartment living and now have a house and driveway. As such, I'm going to go back to changing my own oil in my 09 Base.
I wanted to make sure I didn't miss any grease fittings, so I searched the forums and found someone stating that everything's sealed up- is this true? No Zerks anywhere? Just seems weird. Or maybe I'm getting old.
Thanks,
Jason

 

Just woke up from the 80's?

Last time I saw a grease fitting on a car was my '85 Escort. So no, there are no grease fittings on the Fit.

 

On one hand, my '94 Cavalier had them. On the other, most of that car was, indeed, designed in the 80's.

 

My 88 Civic didn't even have any.

 

The Passport is the only Honda I've ever seen with grease fittings. Most Japanese cars have closed systems. Toyota trucks still have about 9 though.

 

My 86 Prelude didn't have any.

OP how often are you changing your oil? b/c for me, at $38 for every 10K miles for Synthetic, I'm having the dealer do it.

~SB

 

So the closed system thing started with the Japanese, huh. This is my first Japanese car.

I'm just changing my oil when the Maintenance Minder tells me. I traditionally worry and bellyache about stuff like that enough that I'm glad to just follow the computer. For me that turns out to be about every 7500 miles.

I was planning to go full synthetic- you can get Mobil 1 or whatever here for about 23 bucks for 4 quarts. But Valvoline DuraBlend was on sale for 14 so I thought I'd try it. If I were using all synthetic, I'd be comfortable with 10K.

How much does your dealer charge for a synthetic oil change? Mine charges 30 bucks just for conventional.

 

$38 for the Synth change which includes my 5% off for buying the vehicle there. It would probably be around $28 for regular change but I figured for the little extra, I'd go full synthetic. Synth around here is usually $6/qt for M1 and a filter is another $5-$10 for something (not crap) so at about $30 for just filter and oil, the extra $8 for them to do the change is worth it to me. Plus then I have all maintenance done at the dealer.

Due to my commute to work, my MM hits 15% around 10K miles and Honda plans on regular old oil so the synthetic is probably a placebo for me however I do enjoy the twisties [and rev it a little] up here in the season we like to refer to as NON-WINTER. (right now I'm on the snows and just "commuting" to work) DAMNIT it's snowing here right now.

~SB

 

I bet the dealer doesn't use "M1 and (not crap)" oil and filter. They for sure don't put $30 material, do the labor and charge you $38. They're cutting back somewhere to make profit.

 

They also offer it as an advertised service (M1 Synth oil change).

Its an Oem filter but the oil is definitely Mobil1. They buy the M1 in bulk and use honda filters... there's no way they pay what I would pay in a retail store for these items, Probably pay 1/2 so they'd pay about $15 and charge $38 for 1/2 hours worth of entry level tech labor ($7?). End result maybe $17 in profit?

~SB

 

on the 2nd gen Fit I've seen one grease fitting, it's located in the engine, right behind the coolant reservoir. I'm not sure what to call it but its located where the shifting cables or rod moves.

 

That's to bleed the hydraulic clutch. Don't put grease in it.