What was the first synthetic oil you ever bought?

[Talent_Keyhole]

Amsoil in 1988

 

[Kira]

Mobil1 0W-40 European Formula for the turbocharged Saab my mother bought.

Sure was cool seeing Mom zooming about in that car. "It gets out of it's own way", she'd say.

 

[OilReport99]

M1EP 5W-30

 

[loneryder]

Mobil 1 in the mid 70's. It blew right thru my slant 6 Duster so I quit using it.

 

[Sam_Julier]

Mobil 1.

Purchased in 1976 for my parents 1973 Volvo 145 wagon.

 

[Black_Thunder]

Valvoline or Havoline

 

[Linctex]

FIRST? Ever ever ever ever?

Skelly Supreme Plus Synthetic, sometime in the late 70's

 

[littleant]

QSUD 5W30

 

[ka9mnx]

Mobil1 in 1976.

 

[KeithS_NW_Ohio]

1977

 

[SR5]

Back in the early 90's it was Castrol TXT 10W40. It was rated API SG/CD, CCMC European test sequences G4 / G5 (pre-dates ACEA), VW 500.00 / 505.00, Mercedes-Benz PD2, Porsche Approved (air & water cooled engines) and BMW Special Oils Approved.

It was a big step forward from GTX 20W50. The TXT 10W40 stayed cleaner looking for longer and didn't shear down and give bad gear changes in my shared sump motorcycle.

I used it until they stopped selling it.

 

[bbhero]

Originally Posted by Black_Thunder
Valvoline or Havoline



Dag on it man..... ^^^^^^^^^^

I was seriously thinking I was maybe going to be the only one on here who said.....

Havoline full synthetic...

Yeah it was the cheapest too by the way... $2.99 a qt vs $4+ a qt for anything else.

 

[Wheel366]

I think Mobil 1.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

Pennzoil Platinum.

 

[JLTD]

Originally Posted by loneryder
Mobil 1 in the mid 70's. It blew right thru my slant 6 Duster so I quit using it.


That would be back when it was 20w-20 only? How long did you run it?

 

[bbhero]

Actually I believe Mobil 1 had a 5w20 way back then... Or at least by the late 70s for certain they did as tig1 ran that..

 

[Uregina09]

Coop Gold SL 0W30 in 2000. Then Esso XD-3 0W30 in the early 2000s.

 

[John_K]

I believe it was called Quaker State Truck and SUV, it was in clear bottles.

 

[Nick814]

Pennzoil Platinum. 2012

 

[pitzel]

Mobil-1 in the early 2000s before switching to XD-3 0W-30.