1997 GMC K3500 Service and Repair Manual
This factory service and repair manual for the 1997 GMC K3500 gathers three engines and five bodies under one cover. The turbocharged 6.5L diesel V8 sits alongside gasoline V8s of 7.4 and 5.7 liters, and the bodies number five: standard cab and extended cab pickups, a four-door crew cab pickup, and cab & chassis in two-door and four-door form. The trims on offer are Sierra SL, Sierra SLE and Sierra SLT. The turbocharged diesel is the only engine with boost-related specifications to look up.
Engines covered
- 6.5L V8 (395 cu in) — OHV, turbocharged, diesel
- 7.4L V8 (454 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
- 5.7L V8 (350 cu in) — OHV, naturally aspirated, gasoline
Body styles covered
- 2-door standard cab pickup
- 2-door cab & chassis
- 4-door cab & chassis
- 4-door crew cab pickup
- 2-door extended cab pickup
Trims covered
- Sierra SL
- Sierra SLE
- Sierra SLT
Known issues on the 1997 K3500. Search the federal record for the 1997 K3500 and it comes back empty, with no recalls and no owner complaints at NHTSA. Everything the manual offers is therefore forward-looking maintenance and repair work: procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics for the turbocharged diesel and the two gasoline V8s, and for the five body configurations they were built into, in any of the three Sierra trims.
