Hi there, well I didnt learn my lesson from the last time this happened -- when I ended up having to get the car towed to a garage. Sure enough, I moved the @#$@ car 20 feet and shut it off. Now it won't start. Classic lawnmower syndrome: engine cranks and cranks and stinks of gas. Flooded.

This time I am determined to get out of this mess myself. The last time, the dealer pulled the plugs and cleaned them thoroughly, and also changed the oil, which dealer said was full of gas. That did it.

So I pulled the plugs and cleaned them all thoroughly, then pulled the coil and had the wife crank starterwhile i touched coil to ground (without plugs in), in effort to blast out whatever fuel crud was in combustion chamber. Finally, I tried blowing compressed air into the cylinder heads (from a can, the kind used to clean electronics). I let the car sit for four hours to evaporate what gas might be in there. Returned plugs and coil cable, cranked again and got the same thing. Nada.

Tried another approach: pulled the fuel pump fuse and cranked engine to try to burn whatever fuel had accumulated in combustion chamber, then restored fuse and tried again. No start. Cranking, and cranking, and catching once every second or so but never getting it together to actually start.

I don't want another tow and $150 bill. I am open to suggestions. ALSO, should I have my foot flat on the pedal when attempitng to start (wondering if this pours air into the chamber)?

Thanks.