I changed the air filter, to a better brand from whatever I had in there before, made sure it was seated correctly, since then, silicon has been better. That 9700 mile run with Alisyn Pro Drive sucked.
I ran 5w-30 in my 08 Wrangler up to 100,000 miles which when I had an LS conversion done. Normally synthetic but I had great wear numbers with PYB 5w-30. It started using more oil as it got more miles. Toward the end about a quart every 2500-3000 miles. I even ran M1 0w-40 for a couple of changes.