Ok I am new to cars, more specifically civics, and I was just looking under the hood to see how hard it would be to change the oil and grease the front-end ball joints, and I couldn't find the oil filter or the grease fittings. I didn't really search the entire engine for the filter but it looks to me that it must be hard to service, because I did not see it. As for the ball joints, can they be greased or are they sealed CV-joints? Oh by the way it is a 2005 civic Lx, just bought it brand new last wednesday. I was just curious about the engine oil even though I have a while before I have to worry about it.