my Mom has an 89 lesabre. It was running fine. She stopped at the store and when she came out it wouldn't start. I checked the valve near the engine (the one that looks like a tire valve) and gas came out. I pulled off a plug wire and could see the spark when she turned it over. I tried to start it and it turned over and over and over. Then it made a pop sound. It did this a couple of times and then smoke started coming from under the hood. The air filter in the black box on the drivers side was on fire! I took it out and stomped on it. Now when you try to start it, it seems like air is blowing out from the engine through that box. It looks to me like that should be an intake for air. Any thoughts?
