My own fuel filters get changed once per year..... our winters are too nasty
and our area too remote to trust to such a simple maintenance item. I
certainly wouldn't go beyond 30K miles (50K kms).... if the filter becomes
restricted, the extra oad can take out the fuel pump..... considerably more
in cost and effort than the filter.

Worse is the way the events usually unfold.... once the badly restricted
filter is changed the car *usually* runs pretty good... until we get far
enough away from home for the pump failure to be an extreme PITA. This is a
scene I've seen played out time and again...

HTH.

"Ulysses" > wrote in message
...
> On the "classic" Explorers (91-94) you need a special tool but I don't
know
> if it's the same for your car. I was under the impression that my fuel
> filters (got 2 Explorers) were supposed to last 100K miles. I think they
> cost more like $30. I only changed one of them once so far. Ford may
think
> that 100K is the life of the car ;-)
>
>