Thinking of conventional for next oci

[53' Stude]

I have become very money conscious or saving a ton. Sold most of stash and my old hi def tv. Considering going back to Quaker State Conventional for 5k ocis. I know; i am nuts. Or, i can get Federated conventional oil for $1.49 quart thru work

 

[Whipcitywrencher]

The quaker state 5w30 hm looks pretty good on paper.


quaker state

 

[TTK]

Bet you will be just fine. Probably not notice any difference.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: rollinpete
The quaker state 5w30 hm looks real good on paper.


I used hundreds of gallons of Quaker State Conventional way back. Dont think i need HM stuff

 

[BrocLuno]

Real oil is fine, no need for synthetics unless facing real freezing conditions of AZ heat in summer ...

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: BrocLuno
Real oil is fine, no need for synthetics unless facing real freezing conditions or AZ heat in summer ...


100%

 

[WobblyElvis]

I just recently just ran "Everest" syn blend oil. Cheapest I could find. About $8 US for 5 liters. Ran it all winter and past what the OLM on my car said to go. Sent a sample to Blackstone, results were less wear metals than the average that Blackstone tracks. I can't see how you can go wrong with an oil that meets SAE SN specs unless you have some fancy turbo gizmo. Quaker State Conventional will be fine.

 

[53' Stude]

Yeah, conventional oils are fine. Even DNewton proved this point

 

[nickaluch]

Go for it.

 

[Hall]

Might be hard to do since it's getting really difficult to buy non-synthetic motor oils....

 

[dave1251]

Go for it.

 

[Revving2Redline]

Go Quaker State conventional and Pennzoil Conventional in winter.

 

[Greggy_D]

All of these conventional oils can go 10,000 miles in most applications now. Just check their specs.

 

[Nick1994]

$13.97 for 5 quarts of Quaker State, $22.65 for 5 quarts of Castrol Edge.

If each oil change uses an $8 filter:

5,000 mile OCI with Quaker State Advanced Durability, $.004394 per mile

7,500 mile OCI with Castrol Edge, $.004087 per mile

So, actually cheaper with synthetic.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Nick if you're making that comparison, it's actually cheaper using Quaker State Ultimate Durability at 10k since it's only $19.97

That's like half the cost per mile!

 

[Matagonka]

I also switched to a blend after running synthetic for about 60k miles, due to a small leak at the oil pump.

I am now using QS-HM. Latest VOA looks good.

 

[53' Stude]

Originally Posted By: Marco620
Go Quaker State conventional and Pennzoil Conventional in winter.


Screw that. Quaker State Conventional just as good as Pennzoil Conventional

Originally Posted By: Nick1994
$13.97 for 5 quarts of Quaker State, $22.65 for 5 quarts of Castrol Edge.

If each oil change uses an $8 filter:

I can get Pennzoil Conventional $13~ at Rural King. Never tried Quaker State Ultimate Durability

5,000 mile OCI with Quaker State Advanced Durability, $.004394 per mile

7,500 mile OCI with Castrol Edge, $.004087 per mile

So, actually cheaper with synthetic.

 

[plf]

Supertech Full Synthetic $15 and change where I live

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted By: BrocLuno
Real oil is fine, no need for synthetics unless facing real freezing conditions of AZ heat in summer ...


LOL, or if you are like me with lots of WOT operations when pulling a heavy trailer

 

[Linctex]

Originally Posted By: car51
Screw that. Quaker State Conventional just as good as PYB


It's nearly the same exact stuff