97 Dakota, V6, stick. Just purchased this, knew there is/was a hard starting issue when I bought it, truck had sat awhile before I bought it, so I figured that was the contributing factor. Likes to crank, not a horribly long time, but kinda like when your old carb would load up the motor. Always starts though. Starts the same, whether it's overnight or 1 hour later.

Mimics being flooded, but I don't see black smoke when it starts. Doesn't really run rough other than just after it starts. Just threw a code yesterday. It shows "12".

Doesn't seem to be really using more gas than it has since I bought it, checked the mileage when I bought it, it got 24mpg's my first tank. Doesn't misfire at all under load.

O2 sensor? TPS?