Beater oil

What do you gys use for oil in your beater car?
I have a 94 sunbird with 123k on it and looking at the Valvoline Blend.....

My beater cars have always gotten the cheapest s**t i could find.

My beater cars have always gotten the cheapest s**t i could find.
bingo

walmart supertech oil and filter.

The old oil from my SS.



J/K I get free oil from work so I use mobil.

Penzoil. May be your beater, but you rely on it. I had a car blow a heater hose on the way home from work, and I drove it to my buddies parts store. When I stepped on the clutch as I turned into the parking lot, it shut off. I turned the key, and it just clunked. Went inside, bs'd for 20 minutes, put a new hose on, filled it up with coolant, and drove it for another 3 years and probably 30k miles. I chalk it up to good lubrication and maintance. The car had 150k on it at that point, and ran perfect the day I sold it. If it wasn't rusty and no A/C, I would have brought it to FL with me....

The savings of no name crap oil is not worth it... at least in my opinion....

The old oil from my SS.




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As for the question, I just threw in some Pennzoil and a Fram filter on my old beater.

If you take a look at some of the MSDS sheets, you'll find oils like NAPA's house brand is Valvoline, Advanced's house brand is Havoline, etc. That can save you up to $1/quart sometimes.

:cool: My 95 Merc gets the oil I take out of my Z:eek: :D :) :eek:

walmart supertech oil and filter.

Ditto on the walmart stuff. Cant bet the price for full service under $15.

Ditto on the walmart stuff. Cant bet the price for full service under $15.

Same here. That supertech filter is made by Champion so its not like its a total POS.......better than Fram

So let me get this strait...

The cars that you guys are depending on everyday are the ones that you are treating WORSE than the ones you drive every once in a while? Not even equal? :confused:

For my truck that sits a lot - Amsoil Synthetics - 100% in EVERYTHING (as in oil, tranny, rear, etc.).
For my beater Camaro - Mobil 1.
For my wife's beater Cavalier - Mobil 1.

If I am depending on it, and it is getting the miles racked up, I want it be the most dependable machine I have.

My truck is a lot more machine than my Camaro - but the only reason I have it on the fully synthetic's is because of their "sticking" power.

If your gonna skimp - skimp on the tire shine. ;) You're depending on the beater.

go with Royal Purple Synthetic and a nice Fram filter :p thats wut im using in my 96 Formula (daily driver)

Everything I have gets Wix or ACDelco filters and Mobil1 or Havoline.

Only reason I'm using Havoline at the moment is because I just dumped a balanced and blueprinted 350 into my 4x4 and since I don't drive it a lot I'm trying to make sure it gets broken in properly.

When I finally get my 79 Mercedes running enough for a daily driver, I'll be using Rotella 15-40 in it until I can find a diesel rated full synth. that I like.

Castrol in everything I drive.
My motorcylce I ran Rotella 15-40. Helped that damn wet clutch.

I use non-synthetic Mobil in the beater.

2004 Impala and 2000 S10 will continue to be a reputable blend of dino/synthetic with reputable filter, changed regularly.

Maintenance to daily drivers is equally as I sure do not want to be walking when it is 30 below.

2004 Impala and 2000 S10 will continue to be a reputable blend of dino/synthetic with reputable filter, changed regularly.

Maintenance to daily drivers is equally as I sure do not want to be walking when it is 30 below.

Do you mix the oil yourself or is it a brand of a synthetic blend?

Do you mix the oil yourself or is it a brand of a synthetic blend?
It's a brand bought in a jug. What ever brand is the cheapest.

I agree with taking care of the beater,if you dont it will burn up money in repairs
that you can otherwise use on your camarocastrol in all my cars

Royal Purple. I drive it a lot and I got tired of changing oil every
4 weeks.:)

i agree with many of these guys about not skimping just because its a beater. good oil is money well spent. i like to use valvoline max life in my winterbeater, it helps stop leaks and stuff, and yes it really works, i know. my bravada just rolled over to 205000 miles yesterday on my way to work and it starts right up every day with no smoke. (kinda weird for a 4.3) i bought it from the original owner and he put the first 160000 on it and always had it dealer maintaned and stuff. i go about 6000 miles between oil changes in my winter beater but hey. i look at it like this, whats another 5 or 6 dollars? who cares. take care of your car and it will last forever. its like putting in cheap gas when your "broke", if your only putting in $5 your getting like an extra cup of gasoline. 'ooohhhhh' no i can go all over town!!!

and a nice Fram filter

Nice huh? I don't know man i heard...Again HEARD that fram filters drop your oil pressure. I don't know if thats true or not.

fram is NOT he best filter out there, for thr same price you can get a ac delco, or a wix

i didnt say fram was the best...but they arent absolutely terrible...and ive never had a problem with using a fram...

then again i never used a fram on my formula...i used ac delco filters with royal purple oil.....the fram is wut i use on the beater...96 saturn sc2