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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


         As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the
incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Quaker State
Corporation on Form S-3 of our report dated August 21, 1996, on the combined
financial statements of Blue Coral, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October 31,
1995 and 1994, and for each of the three years in the period ended October 31,
1995, included in Quaker State Corporation's current report on Form 8-K/A-1
filed on September 11, 1996, and to all references to our Firm included in this
Registration Statement.




                                                       /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP


Toledo, Ohio
August 7, 1997