Joe, I agree. A machine won't die if it has extra oil but it will die if the friction from lack of oil or dried up oil wears out parts. Case in point. We have a friend who used to be a regional manager for Sears auto services. He had an old Honda. He would have one of his stores change out the oil every week - just checking on the store... Well that Honda had 900,000+ miles on it when he gave it away. He claims it was the maintenance since it died about as soon as somebody quit changing out the oil. So do the maintenance.