first oil change on my first car was to Mobil 1 0W-40.
It’s the 1990’s: what motor oil and grade are you using?
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first oil change on my first car was to Mobil 1 0W-40.
My Dad would pick up cases of 10w-30 for our Grand Caravan and 5w-30 for the Honda Civic. It was mostly house brand oil from Joe’s Sporting Goods and Super 76 if I remember correctly.
i worked at a western auto and i could swear we had store brand oil where you could get a quart for 59 cents with a coupon. it was in the same type of bottle as havoline but with a different sticker so assume they were the ones making it.
Ah the decade of my twnties and getting married.
I primarily used Castrol GTX 10w30 or Quaker State 10w30 vehicles of the 90s were
(1968 bug (1987-1990high school car) my dad drove this to work for 4 years when I joined the Marine Corps)..I had bought that with the engine completely disassembled in a cardboard box in the backseat, I had it line bored case savers put in an aggressive cam added and ran a Weber double bore carb..pizza delivery was fun. Especially since I ran a gutted Kadron header.i was a nuisance, but people heard the pizza coming.
1992 Pontiac Sunbird with the 3.1 v6 and a bullet proof three speed auto.
1996 Dodge dakota manual 4 banger
1988 Nissan HardBody with the Z 24 engine(I think that’s right two spark plugs per cylinder 4 banger) and manual tranny that’s the vehicle that unfortunately thought me about tire age being more important than tread depth.
1995 Ford Mustang v6 convertible (electric demon car) but engine ran well when the battery didn’t drain from every potential power leak.
I primarily used Castrol GTX 10w30 or Quaker State 10w30 vehicles of the 90s were
(1968 bug (1987-1990high school car) my dad drove this to work for 4 years when I joined the Marine Corps)..I had bought that with the engine completely disassembled in a cardboard box in the backseat, I had it line bored case savers put in an aggressive cam added and ran a Weber double bore carb..pizza delivery was fun. Especially since I ran a gutted Kadron header.i was a nuisance, but people heard the pizza coming.
1992 Pontiac Sunbird with the 3.1 v6 and a bullet proof three speed auto.
1996 Dodge dakota manual 4 banger
1988 Nissan HardBody with the Z 24 engine(I think that’s right two spark plugs per cylinder 4 banger) and manual tranny that’s the vehicle that unfortunately thought me about tire age being more important than tread depth.
1995 Ford Mustang v6 convertible (electric demon car) but engine ran well when the battery didn’t drain from every potential power leak.
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I used a lot of SAE 30, recommended by “car guys”. Also, 10w-30 and 10w-40, whatever brand was on sale, specifically including 76 Firebird LD, Sears Spectrum, and Citgo. Of course, living in southern California, I could probably just use SAE 30 anyway.
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Castrol pennzoil and Quaker state mostly i recall
10/30 Havoline in a 1990 Trans am .10/40 Havoline in a 71 Duster 340. 10/30 Havoline 95 Mitsubishi Diamante
In the late '90's, I was using Quaker 5W-30. I had been drawn in by those cool clear bottles that Quaker was using.
Same here but it was called "Everclear."
Wizard oil? I remember the wizard car parts.
Havoline or Valvoline 10w30.
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5w30 Bulk oil from the shack-like drive through oil change place that existed in our small town for the Ford Windstar!
Kendall 10w-30 in everything.
Back in the eighties and most of the nineties I was a big believer in 10W-40 and used it in everything.
Our two (later three) Civics, old diesel Benzes, our Vanagon (which got a straight 30 grade during the summer), my MGB and assorted other mostly aging machines.
Superflow could usually be had at a deal as could Fire and Ice, so I used a lot of both. There were good clearances and MIRs even back then, so I took advantage of them.
Does anyone else remember the TV ad in which a Ford was frozen in a huge cube of ice that was chipped away "and the car still started" with Fire and Ice, of course?
Did 3K drains on everything.
Became a 5W-30 user when we purchased our new Aerostar in 1997 and continued with the grade with the '99 Accord a couple of years later.
Began using various syns and extended drains to a daring 5-6K.
I now have 0W-20 in both of our cars and do 6K drains on the Forester, as recommended and go to around 20% OLM on the Accord, which might be as much as 10K. Did the same with our '12 Accord when we had it.
Our two (later three) Civics, old diesel Benzes, our Vanagon (which got a straight 30 grade during the summer), my MGB and assorted other mostly aging machines.
Superflow could usually be had at a deal as could Fire and Ice, so I used a lot of both. There were good clearances and MIRs even back then, so I took advantage of them.
Does anyone else remember the TV ad in which a Ford was frozen in a huge cube of ice that was chipped away "and the car still started" with Fire and Ice, of course?
Did 3K drains on everything.
Became a 5W-30 user when we purchased our new Aerostar in 1997 and continued with the grade with the '99 Accord a couple of years later.
Began using various syns and extended drains to a daring 5-6K.
I now have 0W-20 in both of our cars and do 6K drains on the Forester, as recommended and go to around 20% OLM on the Accord, which might be as much as 10K. Did the same with our '12 Accord when we had it.
Castrol GTX 5W30
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As a teen, I worked at Texaco full service station, and owned gm 350's in the '70's, those engines on Havoline 10-40 were the GOAT, they never failed.
Federated Co-op 15w40 in all motors. Probably CE in the earlier 90’s?
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