Hard starting and running rough?

Tiny
LDUDE97
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  • 1997 NISSAN HARDBODY
  • 2.1L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
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  • 210,000 MILES
Am having the same issue u were having with the truck. What end up being the issue?
Saturday, January 7th, 2023 AT 7:49 PM

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Tiny
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Hi,

I'm not sure which thread you are referring to. Can you explain what is happening? I'll try my best to help.

Let me know.

Joe
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Saturday, January 7th, 2023 AT 10:13 PM
Tiny
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So, whenever I start the car, it idles very rough and the engine stalls. No 'Check Engine Light' is present at any time. I need to feather or depress the gas pedal to keep it from stalling. If I get the engine to somewhat warm up, then it idles very rough. The thing that happened was that I didn’t change the air filter for a while. One day I came from work, and it was idling rough. I pulled the air filter and the filter had disintegrated so some particles from the air filter went inside the intake manifold. It had a code which was the air mass flow sensor, and I replaced it but it’s still doing the same thing. It was running fine before this happened.
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Sunday, January 8th, 2023 AT 4:27 AM
Tiny
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Hi,

Based on that information, I would recommend cleaning the throttle body. Also, check to make sure there are no vacuum leaks. Here are two links that explain how to perform both:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-an-engine-vacuum-gauge

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/throttle-actuator-service

Let me know if that helps.

Joe
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Sunday, January 8th, 2023 AT 3:14 PM

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