Wow! That does it, I'm changing my oil and filter every 1,000 miles from here on out.
CHANGE YOUR OIL!
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I feel bad for that motor, every car deserves to be taken care of because something as simple as changing your oil and filter every 3000 (conventional oil), 4000, or 5000 miles (synthetic blends or full synthetic oils) will make an engine go a long way. I keep mine at 3750 mi./6 month OCIs per severe conditions maintenance schedule in my owner's manual, 0 oil consumption, 0 problems, VTEC all day, yo.
Meh, it's just an old Commodore, who cares??!! 
One of my first jobs was changing tires at a Goodyear back in the late 80's. We had a contractor van come in for an oil change.
I put it in the air and removed the drain plug, had a quick dribble, then a few globs then a very slow drip.
Took a screwdriver to break the sludge up and it drained slowly, mind you this was with a hot motor.
Owner said it's the first oil change, IIRC it had about 60K on it, he kept topping it off.
Shop foreman took over and I think we ran some trans fluid for a short while....don't remember.
I put it in the air and removed the drain plug, had a quick dribble, then a few globs then a very slow drip.
Took a screwdriver to break the sludge up and it drained slowly, mind you this was with a hot motor.
Owner said it's the first oil change, IIRC it had about 60K on it, he kept topping it off.
Shop foreman took over and I think we ran some trans fluid for a short while....don't remember.
This is not a "one pill" prescription. I had been changing oil at 5>6 K with no perceived benefit, then I extended 10 9>10K miles with
multiple UOA veriification on the Subaru. Now I have LOWER reported wear per mile and no economy or varnish degredation.
If you commute a long distance on the interstate or highway and travel many miles a year you should be able to do 10K OCI on most vehicles.
This action multiplied by tens of millions of cars = a real environmental impact with NO DOWNSIDE.
