Can we talk about how a 20 minute oil change turned into 3 hours on my Civic?

Margaret Hill · 2026-10-05T20:45:03.887545+00:00

I went out to change the oil on my 2015 Civic on Saturday morning thinking it would take 20 minutes like always, but the drain plug was seized so bad I had to run to AutoZone twice for a breaker bar and a new plug. Three hours later, with scraped knuckles and a driveway full of cardboard, I finally got it done, and I sat there wondering why the simplest jobs always fight back the hardest. What small task have you started lately that turned into a whole afternoon?

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