Nissan Repair: 1986 nissan hardbody 4x4, nissan hardbody, butterfly valve


Question
in the mornings before fully warmed up the truck acts like the choke is sticky even though its tbi the motor is the z24 4 cyl it will smoke black and hesitate and then die if i hold the gas to the floor it will start blow a bunch of black smoke and then clear out and run fine the rest of the day its done this the past two mornings

Answer
Hi Jason -

Have you tried cleaning the throttle butterfly valve?
Don't use carb cleaner, there is a special spray for that.

Other than that it could be running very rich in cold mode. Check the cold start valve to see if it is sticking.

Hope this helps -
aloha
calvin