[justus65]

Hi all!
I have a 1998 Durango - 5.2L engine that just rolled over 100k mileage. I've recently started having a few occasions where it won't start, and appears to be flooding. It turns over fine, but won't catch. I say it appears to be flooding because the only way I've been able to start it once this happens, is to remove the fuel pump fuse, crank it a few times to clear the engine, then return the fuse. Usually it fires up after this, although last time it happened I had to do that proceedure many times before it finally worked. Once it's going, it runs great.

I've had this happen 4 times in the last 30 days or so, and I've noticed everytime it happens is after the car sat for a full day without being started. The days it happened were cold, but not necessarily freezing cold, and it started fine on colder days than ones it didn't.

I think I covered most of the symptoms here...any ideas where the problem could be? I have a co-worker who is supposed to bring in a diagnostic analyzer to pull the codes out (assuming there are any to retrieve), but I'm not sure when that will be.

Thanks, and any assistance is appreciated!