Thanks. Yeah I took the aftermarket air cleaner off and made it run feathering the choke butterfly until the top rad hose was hot, but it still gradually died over the course of a minute.

I will check the choke linkage. An old fashioned manual choke would be so much better!

'97 Montero 'LSR' - 4.6 gears & factory rear locker, 33" Procomp muds on 15x8 steelies, 50mm coil spacers, T-bar crank, Airlift, sans rear sway, 50mm rear frame & fuel tank lift, Aisins, ARB front bumper + 10k lb winch, 50mm DIY body lift, rock sliders, cut rear quarter panels...