Troverman, that was my experience with my '91 TE. Probably had never been changed before I changed it at 113K mi. Interesting that the 123 wagons had paper filters, the 124 wagons have fine plastic screen filters, and the 210 wagons have reverted to paper filters. I would venture a guess that the paper filters filter finer particles than the plastic screen filters. The oil in my 210 wagon has not been changed in 80K mi. and is starting to darken. Definitely time for a change. Mark