'84 F250 drowns on acceleration

Check for dirt in the fuel line. Remove lie from the from of the return value before the carb and put a hose on it and run it into a jar or something then turn the electric fuel pump on. You might be surprised.

AngleWyrm wrote:

Is it fuel injected?

Not fuel injected. The problem only occurs when the engine is cold; the first several minutes I can bet it's gonna die if I put it into geer (not a pretty sight). After I drive it around a bit, it seems to be a bit better off; I still have to be gentle when applying the gas, but I can pull out of a parking lot after a trip somewhere without too much embarassment. Gotta get this fixed.

acellerator pump?

That'd be my guess too. My '71 Olds did this very same thing. All I had to do was replace the accelerator pump diaphragm and the problem went away.

That would be my guess. That is why I asked if it was injected or not. I have had cars that would have this problem every

2 years or so. This problem alone is reason enough for me to stay with fuel injected cars and trucks.

Funny, but this old Quadrajet on the 30+ year old Olds has only has the pump diaphragm replaced the one time. I had a Holley 650 double pumper on an old Firebird that required a new diaphragm at least once a year.

Then again, the Olds has 63,512 original miles on it and it's not like my grandmother ever put her foot to the thing..