Chrysler Repair: 1999 Chrysler Town and Country Van, chrysler town and country, 4 digit numbers

Question
This is the first time I have had this problem.  I filled my tank on Monday.  On Tuesday, when I went to start the car, it choked a bit, then started and I smelled gas.  Today it turned over a few times before it started and I smelled gas again (I pumped it a couple of times).  Once it starts it runs fine and the gas smell dissipates.  It seems "flooded" - Any ideas?

Answer
Hi Janet,
Normally the fuel system will hot flood with today's fuel injection devices that require electircal impulses to release the gas and pressure from an electrical fuel pump. May I suggest that you check under the hood, looking around the top surface of the engine around the valve covers to see if you smell fuel, before you try to start it. There could be a leak in the fuel distribution tubing which is causing the residual gas, which is under pressure when you turn it off, to then leak out and pool. Or it could be a leaking injector. Or it could be a wrong mixture for starting. Here is another way to get a handle on this:
Try turning the ignition key:"on-off-on-off-on and leave on" doing that in 5 seconds or less elapsed time.
Then watch the odometer window to see if the mileage changes to instead show you 4-digit numbers with the prefix P which are codes for possible faults in the system. Let me know the numbers and we'll go from there.
Roland