What was the first straight weight oil you bought?

[KCJeep]

In the late 70s I remember buying and changing the oil in our 69 VW Beetle with Quaker State SAE 30. I have run straight 30s in several much newer cars over the years, an 87 Caprice that used some oil and in my 2004 Jeep I-6 over the summer months, both Pennzoil SAE 30. I have some Formula Shell SAE 30 in the garage right now, it's what's in the mower but it doesn't even take a quart.

 

[92saturnsl2]

I ran Valvoline SAE30 in my first car, an '86 Toyota Tercel. I lived near Death Valley at the time, so I wasn't all that concerned about cold starts.

The car burned copious amounts of oil, so I used the straight weight thinking it would help. In hindsight, I would have probably been better off with a 20w-50.

 

[Malo83]

Back in the 60's and early 70's, there was a ton of 30w used.

Back in the day,

 

[PWMDMD]

I have never...

 

[ripcord]

No idea. I remember Dad pushing one of those metal spouts into those round cans as he dumped them into his 64 Fairlane. 30W and bias ply tires.

 

[ag_ghost]

For me it was Pennzoil SAE 30 for I believe dads old lawnmower. Lately, it was some Super Tech HD 30

Valvoline SAE 30, early 70s. My dad and I used to tell each other about the prices we'd see it on sale; IIRC the lowest was about $0.38/quart (38 cents). Getting the metal spouts in snug always gave me satisfaction; ran it in the Ford in my sig..

 

[AnthemBassMan]

The first straight weight I ever bought was probably Valvoline 30 in the white can. The last straight weight oil I ever bought, not counting SAE30 for a lawnmower, was Kendall GT1 70 racing oil. I had a 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix with the 301 V8 that burned oil like crazy, so I was running 70 weight in it until the end. That would probably have been around 1988-89.

L8R,
Matt

 

[demarpaint]

PYB SAE 30.

 

[gner86]

In 1946 my dad bought Purol sae 20W made by pure oil company,
a barrel of oil at that time was $ 19.80

 

[MParr]

I’d have to say Valvoline SAE 30. My dad used it in mowers and I used it in my 1970 VW Beetle.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

The old bluish gray oil stations would pump into a glass container with a metal spout.

 

[Gene K]

1974. Havoline SAE30 for a B&S Go-Kart. Can't remember if it was Non-Detergent. I was 7 yo. I bought Havoline cause that's what Dad bought. I wasn't allowed to ride without supervision. I pestered Mom when I got home from school until I had built a 1/32 mi oval through shear miles. My Grand Dad used to have a small engine shop he ran as a side business. I pestered him until I figured out carbs, governors and of course the required straight pipe. You can figure out what came next. I think I made it to 8 before the first broken arm.

Sorry, got to reminiscing.

 

[Bud_One]

Traveller 30W SAE HD oil , Tractor Supply oil , about 5 years ago

 

[53' Stude]

1974. Havoline SAE30 for a B&S Go-Kart. Can't remember if it was Non-Detergent. I was 7 yo. I bought Havoline cause that's what Dad bought. I wasn't allowed to ride without supervision. I pestered Mom when I got home from school until I had built a 1/32 mi oval through shear miles. My Grand Dad used to have a small engine shop he ran as a side business. I pestered him until I figured out carbs, governors and of course the required straight pipe. You can figure out what came next. I think I made it to 8 before the first broken arm.

Sorry, got to reminiscing.

It’s all good Gene K. My pops still has Pennzoil “with Z-7” additive saw 40 and 30 in cardboard cans in his garage

 

[Newman88]

Man you bastards are old lol..
The first time I used straight 30 was in the late 90's in small engines. IIRC it was Pennzoil?

 

[chemman]

Skelly 30 weight for the lawn mower at the neighborhood Skelly gas station inn 1968 (I was raised in Omaha, NE).

 

[tdi jerry]

For me it was Pennzoil SAE 30 for I believe dads old lawnmower. Lately, it was some Super Tech HD 30

SAE 30 Mopar in 1968 used in a 1968 Dodge.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

 

[Hogwash]

Back in the mid 80s I remember running Pennzoil 30 weight in the old '70 Beetle my father had bought for my sister and I to learn how to drive on.

 

[Astro_Guy]

For me it was Quaker State SAE 30 API SF IIRC. My first car was an air cooled Chevy Corvair with an opposed six. A 2000 mile OCI was the rule with that engine. 2000 miles seemed like a long way back when I was in High School and college.