# 21522292 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

A genuine engine top cover used on selected Volvo Penta D6 marine diesel packages. The cover provides a finished protective barrier over the upper engine components and works with the specified supports, bracket and protective cover hardware.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta D6-440I-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-480I-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-440I-WJ-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-480I-WJ-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-440D-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-480D-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-400A-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-440A-G
-   Volvo Penta D6-480A-G

-   **Engine Family:** D
-   **HP Range:** 400-480 HP
-   **Year Range:** Approximately 2010 - 2016 production-era applications

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Genuine Volvo Penta engine top cover
-   Factory fit for the specified D6 upper-engine arrangement
-   Protects wiring, fuel-system and service components from accidental contact
-   Supports the original engine appearance and identification decals
-   Direct replacement for a cracked, damaged or missing cover
-   Engine type: 5.5L inline six-cylinder common-rail turbocharged marine diesel

## 🔌 Function

Covers and protects the upper engine area while preserving access, clearance and the original mounting arrangement for supports and identification labels.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Cracking around mounting points
-   Rattling from loose supports or fasteners
-   Heat distortion or impact damage
-   Missing clips, supports or brackets
-   Contact with wiring or engine components caused by a warped cover

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Clean both sealing faces back to clean metal and check the cover for distortion, cracks or pulled bolt holes before refitting — a warped flange will not seal even with a new gasket
-   Where the joint uses a gasket, seal or O-ring, always fit a new one and seat it dry unless the workshop manual for your engine specifies a sealant; never try to make a poor joint tight with extra sealant
-   Tighten the fasteners progressively and evenly, working out from the centre, to the figure given in the manual for your engine — pressed steel, alloy and plastic covers distort easily if pulled down hard or unevenly
-   If the cover carries a shaft seal or bearing, support it square to the shaft as it goes on so the seal lip is not nicked or rolled over
-   Check that any breather, drain or oil return passage in the cover is clear before final tightening, and look for leaks once the engine has been run up to temperature

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   22382554 - cover support
-   21956262 - cover support
-   3588528 - protective cover
-   3586068 - mounting bracket
-   3584091 - support
-   21679696 - engine-cover decal
-   21679698 - engine-cover decal

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 922.0 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Engine Components
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 922.00 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 21522292 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/21522292-cover-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-22