auto choke not working 97 tacoma

hi, so the past few weeks my auto choke has not been working at all. When i start my truck up it idles at normal temp, (a little less then 1k rpms) when it is cold...This is not normal because i know my truck and usually when it's cold it idles at about 1500 - 2k when first fired up. I just fired it up a minute ago and it was idling at normal operating temp, problem is theres 6 inches of snow on it so I know theres no way that it's not cold enough for the choke to come on. Anyway I'm assuming this isn't good for the engine (since if it really didn't matter then why do vehicles have auto chokes in the first place) so my question is, how easy is this to fix? I'm not a mechanic but a little tight on cash right now so hoping it's an easy adjustment for a mechanic...thanks...it's a 97 tacoma 4x4 ex. cab

 

O.k. thanks for the info, so I'm assuming this is easy fix then? any rough estimate how much this should cost me?

 

Cool TY sir...I really know nothing about vehicles but I know a good mechanic that works on all my vehicles...Mainly posted this to see about how much this was gonna cost me.

 

The valve from Toyota is well over 200$...it's easy to clean

 

Do it yourself...takes like a hour

 

thanks...watched the video...for sure to much then i would feel comfortable doing myself.

 

Slave labor does wonders for keeping manufacturing costs down

 

Haha apparently...I went through a few of them...bought used ...actually I think the oriellys shit is 200$ lol

 

Everything that says "OEM Toyota" on it is gold plated, haha! OEM is good, negotiably the best for most applications, but sure is pricey as can be..