First store brand oil you used?

[53' Stude]

Happy Friday BITOGERS

For me it would have to be Ames brand 10w30 in a 89’ Cutlass Ciera “tech 4” iron block me iron cylinder head engine. Loved that car. After our Ames closed I used some Tech 2000 oil. Lately it’s been some SM Harvest King 5w40, and Traveller 5w20.

 

[4WD]

Sears

 

[RooflessVW]

STP at AutoZone when they released that Euro 5W-40.

And I have an absolute ton of CarQuest oil to get through.

 

[BMW Dom]

Super Tech 10w-30 synthetic in my lawn mower.

 

[53' Stude]

STP at AutoZone when they released that Euro 5W-40.

And I have an absolute ton of CarQuest oil to get through.

You too eh? I still have tons DEX VI and DEX III to use up

 

[stormgol]

castrol.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Pennzoil SAE 30.

 

[RooflessVW]

You too eh? I still have tons DEX VI and DEX III to use up

Yeah I have 36 quarts of dexos2 5W-40, 18 quarts of 0W-40, and 8 gallons of HDEO 5W-40 left in the Carquest stash.

Are either of those ATFs good for T-WS?

 

[JayhawkRoy]

Western Auto 10W30 and 10W40. About 1980.

 

[Rhymingmechanic]

Co-op

20w-20 for a cam break-in in 1990

 

[BMW Dom]

Yeah I have 36 quarts of dexos2 5W-40, 18 quarts of 0W-40, and 8 gallons of HDEO 5W-40 left in the Carquest stash.

Are either of those ATFs good for T-WS?

Dex VI would be the closest.

Interestingly, the Walmart Dex Vi says you can use it in Toyota WS

 

[RooflessVW]

Dex VI would be the closest.

Interestingly, the Walmart Dex Vi says you can use it in Toyota WS

I know they're roughly comparable. Just curious what it says on the back of the bottle.

 

[eljefino]

Tech 2000.

Got a quart of 30 weight for my $99 B&S mower I used in a summer job.

I then moved on to getting 4 quarts of 10w30 for $.74/qt and a STP filter for $1.97, both bought at wally world in July 1999 for my Mazda 323, my first car, my first self-performed OCI. Used my girlfriend (now wifes) dad's house, drain pan, and jack stands.

I figured since the T2k had the API certs it was good enough, and it was! Car felt like it ran smoother with the new oil in it. Transmission went out before I had a chance to change it again.

 

[Duffyjr]

Union 76. The farm was just down the road from a Union 76 truck stop. I purchase oil and gas for my Honda 70 there.

 

[Zaedock]

Sears and Western Auto. I think I used to stop at Montgomery Ward too.

 

[Gene K]

Supertech Synthetic in the 90's when it started meeting GM 4718M.for High Performance Engines. I used it in s 1988 Corvette L98 and a 1996 Corvette LT4.

 

[Johnmpb]

Probably super tech. During college I did go with one of my buddies who was a mechanic and would use tech 2000 in his old camaro for 2k intervals. Knowing what I know now, I should have used the same oil as well. But, oil was much more reasonably priced back then.

 

[ATex7239]

I’ll let you know when it happens....

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Sears

Yes years ago but that was my first store brand oil. Now 50 years later Sears is all but totally gone.

 

[KCHOPS]

Kirkland