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I own a 20' 1997 Blue Water MonteCarlo Bowrider with a 5.7L Volvo Gi 250hp Throttle Body Injected motor. Last year the boat ran great, and this year I cant get it on plane. It starts fine, but once under load it falls flat on it's face. I have just replaced both fuel pumps, and the fuel filter...
Currently installed in my 1997 Blue Water Monte Carlo is the following 5.7L 250hp TBI Non-Vortec Volvo motor, SX Drive.
5.7GLI PLKDCE
4110145128
3868732
ECU - 57TBI/97L001 Then something on the side of the TBI reads BCTU 16184069.
Drive unit- SX-C1 1.51 - running a 19* 4 blade Solas Aluminum...
Ok, I just pulled the heads off of my 1997 Volvo 5.7L GLi powered BlueWater Monte Carlo. I lunched the head gasket between the number 3 and 5 cyl. The heads are getting freshened at a very reputable machine shop in Orem, Utah. Now from what I am told the engine has the roller cam in it. It is...
Today out on the water I hit 1008.5 hours and I developed a loud rattle in the back side of the motor. Engine is a Volvo 5.7L GLI (260hp?) in a 1997 Blue Water Monte-Carlo open bow ski boat.
Options are as follows.
1. Replace short block and do a full rebuild. Short block is externally cracked...
Like stated above, I have a Volvo 5.7 Gi with a TBI and the Non-Crab style Distributor. Yesterday while out on the water it started to run a little rough and cut out like a sputter while around 3000 RPM and it surged while at an idle while in drive at an idle. I went strait back into the dock...
Like stated above, I have a Volvo 5.7 Gi with a TBI and the Non-Crab style Distributor. 991 hours on the engine. Yesterday while out on the water it started to run a little rough and cut out like a sputter while around 3000 RPM and it surged while at an idle while in drive at an idle. I went...
Thank you in advance.
i have a 20' 1997 Blue Water Open Bow Ski boat powered by a Volvo 5.7 GLI FLKDCU attached to an SX drive 19* 4 blade Alum Solas prop. With the current set up the boat has given us 3 years of fun for my sons and myself. Last summer the engine started to cut out around...
So last weekend out on the lake while tubing we had a small incident towering a tube and teaching my girlfriend how to drive the boat. When the tube flipped we thought w were dragging the rider under the water and she panicked. During this she threw the throttle control hard into neutral and...
My High pressure fuel pump on my 97 Blue Water Monte Carlo with a Volvo 5.7L TBI is going out. I cant sustain any rop over 2500 over load. It is extremely noisy compared to the Low Pressure pump and we have already changed out the fuel fiter (twice because I didnt tell my friend I had done it)...
Ok, I am going nuts here. My 97 Blue Water Montecarlo keeps flipping the circuit breaker on the hydraulic trim pump that raises and lowers the stern drive. When I first started trouble shooting I traced the issue to the actual toggle switch in the throttle lever (pic included). I replaced the...
The time has come to spend a little $$$... I have mixed feelings about this, Kinda a cross between Tim-the tool man-Taylor and being a responsible adult in the budget department... Like I said, I am torn.
So I have a 5.7L Volvo GLI 350cid Tuned Port Injection small block that is completely...
1997 Blue Water Monte Carlo, 21' Open bow, 350 GLI 300hp 5.7L V-8 TPI, Volvo SX Drive, and I need a Transom Plate #4111557786. The repair place wants $2,000 for Transom Kit with this transom plate in it. I just need the seal and the transom plate to repair my boat that has a cracked gimble...
It appears that the gimble bearing shattered and took out the circular housing on the back of the 1997 Volvo
SX drive.:facepalm: From what I can tell, this whole part is one huge solid piece that bolts onto the transom and most likely cant be repaired. The thing i noticed this is that the...
Ok, guys... need a little help here and all input is very helpful and appreciated in advance.
I have a 97 Blue Water Monte-Carlo 21' open bow ski boat. Volvo (chevy) 350, Throttlebody FI, Volvo SX outdrive (1.51-1) with a 17* Solas 3 blade alum prop, 860 hours on the motor.
Two owners back...
Ok, Got the boat out on the water yesterday for the first time. Felt good to finally be out on the water this season:D. Few things I noticed.
First off, there is no way to control the engine RPM's with out being in gear. The throttle control doesnt have a button to push, nor does it pull out to...
Ok, Is there any special way to remove this after I pull the drive, and how do you set in the new bearing? Do I really need to spend the $270 for a new "specialized" slide hammer?
Also, what else should be done during this maintenance?
Thank you in advance.
Dave
Ok, I just picked up a new toy at a deal I couldnt pass up. 1997 Blue Water Monte Carlo with a Volvo 5.7 300hp (F.I.) and the SX drive on it. I have not had this newer boat in the water yet, but I am familliar with it and I have seen it out on the water many times. I own the same boat but a...
Ok,
I know that this has been beaten to death a time or two but I am not seeing the answers I have been searching for.
Problem #1. The boat dealership wants $450 to detail my 21' Blue Water Monte Carlo that I just bought for the Exterior and $240 to do the interior. They said they can...
Ok, were in a discussion in a different thread and one of the ideas to bring up HP was to change the factory cast iorn heads/intake manifold over to an aluminum heads and intake. I know that in a auto setup where your running a sealed cooling system that this helps with power and weight, but I...
Hey guys, first of all i wanted to say thank you for all the help you have given me with my other boat. I am in the market for a new (to me) boat and I have a few questoins because I have never had one of these.
It's a 1997 Arriva 2552. It is powered with a 7.4L Mercruiser (chevy) that has...
