Won’t idle on start up when cold

Asked by Guru5BM21 Jan 10, 2018 at 08:10 PM about the 1997 Dodge Dakota SLT Club Cab 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

97 Dakota 3.9, manual trans, 4x4. Truck will start
but not stay running when it’s cold outside unless I
hold the pedal for a few minutes. If it’s warm
outside or after the truck warms up it runs fine. I’ve
changed the idle control valve cleaned the throttle
body. And changed the throttle position sensor.
Also sometimes when it stalls on cold startup the
radio will reset like the abattery was disconnected
not sure what’s going on.

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what about the temp gauge ? I guess the computer doesn't know it's cold look for bad wiring under the dash board , by the gauges , motor to chassis ground ? it's 20 years old things wear out

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