Agreed .. a good blast every so often will often do a lot of good.....
Increased oil pressure will clear out oilways that may be starting to crud up
Increased oil pressure will exercise the pressure relieve valve and ensure it is ready for when it is needed
Higher exhaust temperatures will clean the cat (and on DBW cars prevent 0420/0430 codes
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Increased cylinder temps will clean the plugs and remove fouling
How often has advice been given that on a borderline emissions MOT to "drive it like you stole it" or "an italian tune up" before trying again ??
There also used to be a theory that a a machine running at almost constant RPM will settle into a wear pattern that does not use the design range, changing RPM ensures the wear is more evenly spread .. a bit like lane one of the motorway having the grooves as most of the traffic is always there .. the other lanes are less used so have less wear, if all 3 lanes were used the wear would be even across them