TSB Technical Service Bulletin. Need to pay a yearly fee to get from alldata.com or something like that. Quite a few are accessible from the internet. Yes, change the fuel filter and see if it helps.

TSB
http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/TSB0197HO2SServiceTips.htm

Fuel filter.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=v6maint&Number=958655&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=186&fpart=1

"Always do the cheap and easy ones first." 1996 V6 ATX 96K miles