# 20723985 Pipe | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Rigid intake-air pipe used between the air-cleaner assembly and the turbocharger/intake system on heavy-duty TAD16 engines. It is an air-induction component, not a coolant or lubricating-oil pipe.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TAD721GE
-   Volvo Penta TAD722GE

-   **Engine Family:** TAD
-   **HP Range:** Approximately 750 HP
-   **Year Range:** Approximately 2000s-2010s

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   OEM formed routing and connection diameters
-   Maintains unrestricted filtered-air flow to the turbocharger
-   Works with the original air cleaner, filter element and hose clamps
-   Preserves clearance from hot and moving engine components
-   Suitable for replacement of a cracked, dented or internally contaminated pipe
-   Engine type: 16.1 L six-cylinder turbocharged/aftercooled industrial diesel

## 🔌 Function

Carries clean, filtered intake air from the air cleaner to the turbocharger or intake duct without introducing restriction or unfiltered leakage.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Cracks or loose joints allowing unfiltered air into the engine
-   Whistling, hissing or intake noise under load
-   Dents, collapsed sections or internal contamination restricting airflow
-   Dust tracks downstream of the air-filter connection
-   Reduced power, increased smoke or premature turbocharger wear

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Offer the pipe up and check it reaches both connections freely before you tighten anything — a rigid pipe pulled into place is a pipe left under permanent strain, and strained pipes crack at the fittings in service
-   Renew the sealing washers, O-rings or union seals that go with the pipe rather than reusing the old ones, and make sure the seats, faces and threads are clean
-   Keep the ends capped while you work and blow or flush a pipe through before fitting; anything left inside goes straight into the oil, fuel or coolant system
-   Tighten unions and banjo bolts evenly to the figures in the workshop manual for your engine — overtightening distorts the seat and starts the leak you were trying to cure
-   Refit every clip and support bracket in its original place and keep the pipe clear of hot or moving parts so it cannot chafe or be shaken to failure

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   24424492 air cleaner
-   3840036 air-filter insert
-   20585673 air-cleaner cap
-   20585674 dust ejector
-   20585676 air-cleaner bracket
-   20585648 connecting pipe
-   20723986 hose clamp

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 1364.69 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Hoses & Pipes
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 1364.69 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 20723985 Pipe | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/20723985-pipe-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-06