Not sure if this is the right place to post or not. My wife and I own a 2007 Honda Fit that we purchased used a few years ago. Neither of us is very handy and we'd like to change that, so we were planning to follow the steps in this post (https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...-2007-fit.html) to try to learn change the oil ourselves. However, in passing, my father in law mentioned that "you have to lube the car when you do an oil change or it will ruin the car." So, I'm wondering if someone can explain to me like I'm 5 if this is correct and what's involved in lubing the car? I had trouble finding anything when I searched Google. Thanks.

 

Some cars have grease fittings or Zerk fittings they are sometimes called on things like the tie rod ands and some suspension components. This has become way less prevalent over the last probably 15 years.

Pick up a service manual on your car it nicely covers things like oil changes and lube issues..

 

Modern Hondas do not come with grease fittings. Some replacement parts (such as MOOG sway bar links) might have them, though.

Once you buy a grease gun, however, there are loads of pieces that can benefit from a squirt or two of multipurpose grease at an oil change. The OEM sway links, the steering rack end links, and the lower ball joints come to mind.

To do this without the fitting, you simply buy a grease gun needle. That way, you can pierce the rubber boot and inject the lubrication.

On my CR-V, the sway bar links started to get 'clunky' so I bought new ones. But in the meantime, I started with the grease 'injection'... and the OEM links haven't made any noise for years.