Originally Posted by B7Night

I've always changed the oil every 5000. Something about the 10,000 gives me an uneasy feeling. With the cars history of cam follower failure, I would always want fresh oil in the engine. The additives that protect at startup, do degrade over time, or sacrifice themselves to protect the engine at start up. Remember, going 10,000, means you probably will be adding oil between changes, since many of our engines do use oil.