Would help to know the mileage on the car in reference to the fuel filter, could have a tank of bad gasoline I suppose too, seen that before.
These things need to be maintained, if it is high mileage with an original fuel filter, well yeah you should do it, you don't do maintenance based on some problem, you do maintenance when it needs to be done, so find out what should be done and when and if it is passed due then make sure it gets done, air filter, fuel filter, spark plugs, cabin filters, keep up on maintenance!

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