I have yet to remove and replace my fuel filter and my mileage is almost 90,000. Now I have to wonder if this is causing the car to suddenly die without restarting for several minutes or up to an hour. When it does restart I get a CHECK ENGINE light, but that goes away by the next day. I have not checked the code(s). This has happened to me two times within two weeks. Can a fuel filter going this long mess up the fuel management system and cause a shutdown?

thanks

2004 coupe