# 21888173 Fuel Pipe | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

This genuine Volvo Penta high-pressure pipe connects the common rail to the injector on cylinder 1 of TAD540VE, TAD541VE and TAD542VE engines.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TAD552VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD550-51VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD540-42VE

-   **Engine Family:** TAD

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Injector position: Cylinder 1
-   Factory-formed bends and sealing cones
-   Original rail and injector union geometry
-   Do not rebend or interchange with another cylinder pipe

## 🔌 Function

Carries high-pressure fuel from the common rail to the injector on cylinder 1.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Chafing or fatigue crack
-   Damaged union or sealing cone

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Work clean: cap or plug every open union and injector as soon as it is disconnected, and fit the new pipe straight from its packaging — dirt introduced at a fuel joint is the most common cause of trouble afterwards
-   Offer the pipe up so it lines up on both unions without strain, and never bend, twist or reshape a pipe to make it fit; a pipe that has been sprung into place fatigues and cracks in service
-   High-pressure delivery pipes are treated as single-use in workshop practice — the union faces seal by deforming, so refit new pipes rather than reusing them, and tighten to the figure and sequence in the workshop manual for your engine
-   Refit all original support clips and brackets in their proper positions so the pipe cannot chafe or vibrate against surrounding parts
-   Bleed the system, then check the joints for leaks with the engine running and again once warm — never search for a diesel leak by hand, since fuel at injection pressure will penetrate skin

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### Other-Brand OEM Numbers

-   VOE21888173

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 97.43 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Hoses & Pipes
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 97.43 AUD | In stock |

## Images

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/21888173-fuel-pipe-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-06