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I'll be sure to tell the 8 women aboard that they now weigh 200 pounds!

That sounds right. There are no PCV valves, just the two breather hoses going from the valve cover to the spark arrestor. The hoses attach to metal tubes that are held to the arrestor by the nuts on top usually. Rick

I have a 1998 5.7 liter merc 250 hp, the pvc valves have the hoses which run up to the top of the carb and spark arrestor however there are no connections for the hoses to hook up to? There are two tabs with small appx. 1/2" diameter holes in them that they have the hoses stuck to but i find it hard to believe this is what is supposed to be there, can anyone shed some light on this subject for me?

Hello, We have a new boat to use, it's a 1998 Crownline 238 deck boat with a 5.7 merc and 250 hp. The first couple of times we had it out no problems. We just had 3 or 4 adults. This past weekend we went out with 9 adults, the fuel filled and the water tank filled. We had high head winds about 10 to 15 mph winds with 3 to 4 foot waves. I had a very hard time getting it up on plane and then when I did the speed would be to much for conditions and to rough. I couldn't find a happy medium besides just slowing down plowing through the waves which took us for every to get to our desitnation. That evening the winds died down and so did the waves, we jumped right up on plane and crusied home. Im curious if I need a different pitch or diameter prop? From what I recall the boat runs right around 4000 rpm and about 35 to 38 mph if the gages are correct. I believe it only has a small 2 barrel carb but im not sure...Prop, engine problem, or just weather issues.