The owners manual of the Ford V-10 engine calls for oil changes at 5,000-mile intervals. I know this was previously 3,000-mile intervals and I think that's preferable but DW says I worry needlessly. ...
I change the oil every 5000 miles or so. Send a sample to Blackstone with each change. A bit over 44K miles over 9 years of use and the analysis report has shown no trending problems I need to be concerned about.