Wife is on way home from work when the ole 240 dl putters then dies. She trys to restart, engine starts drives 5-6 blocks them dies again. Leaves vehicle on side of road until I get home, It sits for about hour and a half. I getto where she left it on road and I start it and I drive it home about 8 miles, I notice it sputter or jerks between 2-3 gear, but does not die. It sputters uphill a littleunder load, I got it in garage checked distributor for cracks nothing found, it does smell a little rich on the fuel. Noticed while driving in the other day in cold weather the idle was a little elevated, but it is not now.
I checked distributor first because previous experience tells me when weather temps go up and down distributors sometime crack. It was 75 here yesterday now 43 degrees. i started vehicle three more times starts right up, little rough but not bad. Any thoughts?
Ted