2019 LX Sedan 2.0 First Oil Change. Impressions & Surprise Gift

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I'm sure that many of you have already been under your GenX Civics by now but yesterday was my first look underneath. I was pretty happy to find a use for my 1930s drag link socket. Honda decided to use those giant ass skid plate fasteners which conveniently are the exact size.

When I removed the skid plate, I was greeted with an odd surprise. Something fell and hit me on the head but whatever it was, it surely was not metal and didn't hurt. I thought for a second that I snapped some flimsy fastener. What I found on the ground was a high side A/C cap that looks unused.

Curious if I was missing the cap up top, I took a look and found both the identical H marked high side cap where it should be and of course the L marked low side cap. Hmmmmmm. Ooopsy at the factory? Anyone else get a gumball prize when they did their first oil change? I can't imagine there is a hidden second high side valve anywhere on this car. Am I right? I did a quick search around the engine bay but only found the two that I expect to see up top.

Aside from this little surprise, everything else was smooth. I like that Honda tilts the oil filter when draining but it does introduce a way to easily cross thread a filter if you're not careful. All in all, no major engineering design issues for DIY oil changes.

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Just realized that *this* cap is what I was missing after an A/C service last year. No idea what it was called 'til now.
 
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Yea, the exact same cap is on my A/C high side, clearly marked H. Why an identical one was laying in the skid plate is beyond me.
 

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Yea, the exact same cap is on my A/C high side, clearly marked H. Why an identical one was laying in the skid plate is beyond me.
Did you have the AC serviced at one point?
Could be a mechanic fat fingered your original cap and it ended up on the skid plate and replaced it with another.
 
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Did you have the AC serviced at one point?
Could be a mechanic fat fingered your original cap and it ended up on the skid plate and replaced it with another.
Nope. This is the first time the car was touched since it left the factory.
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