Timely response, Klaus, I just came back in from checking pressure. The car had been sitting a couple of hours, and yes, without turning the key, I got a few dribbles. Turned the switch to II, and I got a healthy squirt. Switched it off and a minute later, still had pressure. The I tried to start it, it was pretty hard.

Thinking of all of out wet weather, I thought about ignition problems, so tonight after it gets dark, I'll run the car in the dark and look for any coronas. Still, once it's started, it runs fine. I did check the plugs when this started, and while they aren't new, they aren't bad. Tip color is good.

Also, it really starts like it's lean rather than flooded, and it's not really not like an ignition problem anyway. It's like one cylinder will catch, then the next and the next until it runs smooth. Think of a Curtis Wright Cyclone in a B17....Pop!. Pop pop! Popopop! popopopop!chugachugachugachuga ROAR! No black smoke from the tail pipe, though even though it only has 119,000 miles, it's been an oil burner for a while (see prior posts from last year) and there is some blue smoke at start up. compression last year was still good, I've not checked it yet this year.

Maybe the coolant temp sensor is bad and making it start lean? It's raining AGAIN, so testing it will have to wait. I can't wait to get my garage back from the storage building it's become.

I did unplug the IAC and cam sensor, the sockets looked good, but I still hit them with electrical cleaner. No change.