I am having an issue w/my 97 GTP. I have brought it to 3 different mechanics and each one has different ideas..BUT since the car decides to act fine once its there..no one can actually pin point it.
Here's the symptoms..
Saturday...
Start it up first thing in the AM..runs fine. Drive 30 miles to work no issues.
3 or 4 hrs later..Turn Key- tries to turn over but won't. It doesn't make a clicking noise..its cranking..just won't start. SES light is on. I Call my friends shop..he sends down a battery pack. it starts.(theres a very obvious smell of gas outside the car after it does). But it runs fine . Did a battery test..it failed replaced battery, Scanned the car and got a lean bank 1 code.. fixed a vaccum leak. SES light is off and it runs REALLY good. I am happy again.
Sunday.. No SES light starts right up and its running great.
Monday..same story as Saturday except its slightly different. Drive to work..its fine. Still no SES light etc.. 3 hours after arriving at work I go to leave. The car starts and I realize I forgot my wallet inside. Get back in the car and realize the idle is REALLY low..all of a sudden it jumps to about 3k RPMs and stalls. Try to start it again and the same thing happens again..won't crank over. Call my friends shop again..he says try giving it a little gas as you try to start it ( i gave it ONE pump as it tried to turn over)..it starts..he tells me to hold it at 1500 RPMs and see what happens. Well the SES light came on (blinking this time) and the car reeked of gas and was shuttering. Let go of the gas..it dies again. He says wait awhile and try to start it again. It starts an hour later..but the idle is terrible and the SES light is solid. I decide to have it towed
By the time the truck came and my mechanic get to take a look it is running BETTER THAN EVER He threw out a few possibilities..but really couldnt say anything for sure since it wasn't doing anything abnormal. I drive it home as normal and its running kinda rough but it gets me there. Turn the car off and once again its having a hard time staring...when it does start..theres a VERY small amount of blue smoke at first and the smell of gas.
Any ideas?