Originally posted by PA 3L SVT:
Sounds like my mom's 94 Taurus. She changes it every year at inpection.
This is not as bad as it sounds. The requirement to change every three months or every 3000 miles, whichever came first, has (according to all I've managed to learn) not been based on reality since they stopped using leaded gasoline. Twice a year or less might actually be doing no harm.