# 1542871 Spacer Sleeve | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

This is a genuine Volvo Penta spacer sleeve from the cooling system group, used to set and maintain correct spacing at a cooling system mounting or fastening point. It is a small precision component weighing approximately 45 grams that ensures assembled parts are held at the intended standoff distance and clamping length. It supersedes the earlier part numbers 184437 and 844281.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** MD, TMD, TD, TWD, TID, D, TAMD, TAD
-   **Year Range:** Approximately 1960s-1990s
-   **Serial Range:** MO132135/XXXX-

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   OEM Volvo Penta part number 1542871
-   System group: Cooling System
-   Net weight approximately 0.045 kg (45 g)
-   Supersedes previous part numbers 184437 and 844281
-   Fits MD100, TD100, TD120, TMD100, TMD120, TAMD102, TAMD103, TAMD121, TAMD122, TID100 and TWD1010/1030 series engines
-   Engine type: Volvo Penta inline 6-cylinder marine or industrial diesel

## 🔌 Function

The spacer sleeve maintains a fixed distance between mating components in the cooling system assembly, allowing fasteners to be tightened to specification without crushing or distorting the parts they secure. It also provides a defined bearing surface for the fastener load path.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Loose or rattling cooling system components caused by a crushed or collapsed sleeve
-   Coolant seepage or weeping at a joint where clamping length has been lost
-   Visible corrosion, pitting or deformation of the sleeve body
-   Fasteners that will not hold torque or repeatedly work loose
-   Misalignment or chafing of adjacent hoses, brackets or pipework

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   A spacer sleeve sets a fixed length in the joint — never leave one out, shorten one, or substitute a stack of washers, or the clamping load and alignment will both be wrong
-   Check that the sleeve is square and fully seated in its counterbore or recess before any fastener is tightened
-   Discard a sleeve that is crushed, bell-mouthed, scored or corroded; a shortened sleeve lets the joint be over-clamped and the component distorted
-   On sleeves in an oil circuit, make sure the bore is clear and that any seal running on the sleeve has a clean, unscored surface to work against
-   Tighten the joint to the figure in the workshop manual for your engine, with the sleeve taking the clamping load rather than the component it protects

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   1542871 → Supersedes 184437

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   844281 related reference
-   1542870 related roller bearing
-   181538 related ball bearing
-   1660609 related ball bearing
-   1676432 related sealing ring
-   1698603 related impeller
-   914462 related snap ring
-   951969 related spring pin

### Other-Brand OEM Numbers

-   VOE1542871

### Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

-   SLP: DH-871
-   SLP: SR-871 old reference
-   VolvoKits: VL-DH-871
-   Marine Parts Finland: DH-871
-   Heavy-duty aftermarket: 844281

## 📦 Condition

-   Genuine Volvo Penta part
-   Brand new
-   Supplied in original or equivalent packaging

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TD100AHC, TD100ARC, TD100G-85, TD100A, TD100AG, TD100CHC, TD100G, TD100GG, TD100GGP, TD100HP, TD100HPB, TD100GG-85, TD100GP, TD100GP-85, TD100CRC
-   Volvo Penta TID100KG, TID100KGP, TID100K, TID100K-87, TID100KGP-87, TID100KP, TID100KP-87, TID100KPB-87
-   Volvo Penta TAMD122A, TAMD122A/C, TAMD122D, TAMD122P-A, TAMD122P-B, TAMD122P-C
-   Volvo Penta TD120GG, TD120AHC, TD120ARC, TD120BHC, TD120BRC
-   Volvo Penta D100A, D100BHC, D100BRC, D100B
-   Volvo Penta MD100A, MD100B, MD100B-CC
-   Volvo Penta TAD120AHC, TAD120BHC, TAD120CHC
-   Volvo Penta TAD1030V, TAD1030VE
-   Volvo Penta TAMD102A, TAMD102D
-   Volvo Penta TAMD120A, TAMD120B
-   Volvo Penta TD121CHC, TD121CRC
-   Volvo Penta TMD100A, TMD100C
-   Volvo Penta TMD120A, TMD120B
-   Volvo Penta MD120A
-   Volvo Penta TAD121CHC
-   Volvo Penta TAMD103A
-   Volvo Penta TAMD121D
-   Volvo Penta TD1010G
-   Volvo Penta TD1030VE
-   Volvo Penta TMD102A
-   Volvo Penta TMD121C
-   Volvo Penta TMD122A
-   Volvo Penta TWD1010G
-   Volvo Penta TWD1030ME
-   Volvo Penta TWD1031VE

## Details

- **Price:** 16.02 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Fasteners & Fixings
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 16.02 AUD | In stock |

## Images

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/1542871-spacer-sleeve-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-12