Folks,
I've got a 1989 Bonneville SE that has been running just fine until today. This afternoon I took off on a short trip to pick up my son from school. We're talking about a 10-15 minute residential drive. Parked the car on the road and waited about 10-15 mins for my son. Went back to the car and it started right up. Then it died. It started right up again, then died. Tremendous smell of gasoline came in through vents. Popped the hood. Didn't see anything obvious. The key was in the "run" position and I could hear what sounded like a crackling or sizzling sound. No smoke though. Checked under the car. Nothing obvious. Started the car again with some trouble and could keep it going if I kept my foot on the gas pedal. Limped it home. After about an hour I went back and started the car with trouble and it died as soon as I let up on the gas. Again, left the key in "run" position and again heard the sizzling sound right around the fuel line or injectors. After about 5 minutes the sizzling went away. Started the car with some difficulty, but after a few moments the RPMs went up and the car smoothed out. Took my foot off the gas and it seemed all was just fine. No shake, no stall. No problem at all. Now some 4-5 hours later I just checked it again. Started right up but idled very rough and tremendous smell of gasoline again.
Any ideas? Car has 150K miles +.
Paul Nixon