Help! My 98 accord is dying! anyone have this problem before! Help!

Hi All,

Well I was driving along on the highway tonight in my 98' auto 4cyl accord (all stock) and the car suddenly lost power and started bucking, I also thought I could smell something burning but that could be my imagination.

I pulled to the side of the road (since I could barely keep going) and shut the car down. I was about to call a tow truck when I started the car and it seemed to run fine? I drove another 20 minutes home w/ not problems (ran great).

well I ran out again tonight to the store and the same thing happened, but this time after shutting it down
when I start it continues to run like crap.

Any ideas on what this could be? is there any thing I can look for to diagnos this problem, I am in a tough situation $ wise so I need to try to fix this myself. I am handy and do many repairs myself, just need some guidence on what to look for

any help is greatly appreciated!!

thanks!

-Bill