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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of
Quaker State Corporation on Form S-8 for the registration of 3,500,000 shares
of Capital Stock which may be issued under its 1994 Stock Incentive Plan, and
in the Section 10(a) prospectus used in connection therewith, of our reports
dated January 28, 1997, on our audits of the consolidated financial statements
and the financial statement schedule of Quaker State Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and for the three years ended
December 31, 1996, which reports are included in the Annual Report on Form
10-K.  We also consent to the reference of our firm under the caption
"Experts."

Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.


Dallas, Texas
August 7, 1997