Normally a rough idle when cold is due to an air fuel imbalance. So that means we have a fuel pressure issue that gets better when the engine warms up.
So let's start with checking the fuel pressure just to be sure it is not the issue. Here is a guide that will show how to do this:
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-fuel-system-pressure-and-regulator
If this checks out then we will need to check for a vacuum leak.
Basically if you have unmetered air coming in then the PCM doesn't know to adjust for it. However, once it is warmed up and it starts looking at o2 sensor data, it is able to compensate for it and the idle smooths out.
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-an-engine-vacuum-gauge
Once we run through these two issues we will have a better idea where to go.
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Thursday, March 24th, 2022 AT 4:47 PM