# 1982 Ford Bronco runs for a few minutes, floods **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** bronco, ford\ **Created:** [June 15, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262 "2018-06-15T13:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![douglasjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@douglasjones](https://community.cartalk.com/u/douglasjones)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/1 "2018-06-15T13:54:37Z")
starts , runs few minutes then starts flooding. running 7200 vv carburetor ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/2 "2018-06-15T21:46:02Z")
Carb rebuild time! The float valve seats are likely rotted away from the ethanol in modern gasoline. And this wasn’t a great carb even then. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/3 "2018-06-16T00:21:36Z")
The problem might be with ignition control module. [https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1982,bronco,5.0l+302cid+v8,1105715,ignition,ignition+control+module+(icm),7172](https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,1982,bronco,5.0l+302cid+v8,1105715,ignition,ignition+control+module+(icm),7172) The ICM functions in two modes These are the start and run modes. The ICM may function fine in the start mode, and the engine may run for a moment, until the run mode of the module fails. Just an idea. Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/4 "2018-06-16T00:26:41Z")
I have a Ford truck w/a carb too. Older than your Bronco though. Maybe you can explain your symptoms a little more OP. So it starts ok, then it stalls within a minute or too after starting? If so, why do you think the stalling is b/c of carb flooding? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/5 "2018-06-16T02:04:55Z")
I have retrofitted many of the older Motorcraft 2bbls to replace the VV carburetors on various Ford vehicles. I gave up trying to rebuild them and off the shelf rebuilds were worse than my efforts. There is a definite drop in performance though. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1982-ford-bronco-runs-for-a-few-minutes-floods/119262/6 "2018-06-16T23:43:42Z")
Those 80’s carbs tended to be difficult to diagnose & repair. My parents had an 80’s Subaru and had to sell it b/c their mechanic couldn’t figure out how to repair the carb problem. Rather than battling 80’s carb designs, I like @Rod_Knox 's idea of reverting to a Motocraft 2150 or even an Autolite 2100. That sounds like an excellent approach. You may loose some oomph during accelerations, but you’ll be much more likely to have a smooth runner once you get the carb tuned to the engine. My 45+ year old truck is equipped w/ the 2100, and after a carb rebuild, runs really rather well. It’s not going to win any drag races, but it definitely has considerably better acceleration than my 90’s fuel injected Corolla. The M 2150 carb is basically the A 2100 with metering rods, next best thing to a variable venturi. If you just can’t quite figure out what is wrong w/your carb, there are shops who specialize in carbs. You just mail your carb to them, and they’ll figure it out, make the repair/adjustments, and return it to you by mail. One is called “the carb shop” as I recall. I think that’s in the LA area. That’s only effective if the carb is the root of the problem of course.