# 21904841 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Protective cover for the engine control-panel and electrical mounting arrangement used on selected TAD11, TAD13 and TAD16 engines. It shields switches, connectors and control hardware from impact, dust and accidental contact.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** TAD, TADH

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Factory mounting and latch geometry
-   Protects components from contact and contamination
-   Maintains service access and ventilation
-   Designed around original wiring and panel layout
-   Exact installation fit required

## 🔌 Function

Protects the assigned component while retaining access, clearance and ventilation.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Cracks or broken latches
-   Missing fasteners
-   Heat damage
-   Water/dust ingress
-   Interference with wiring or moving parts

## 🛠️ 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

-   21898783 - control-panel references
-   23321047 - control-panel references
-   21732518 - support bracket
-   21930864 - wiring-harness references
-   23443717 - wiring-harness references
-   995107 - related electrical cover

## 📦 Condition

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

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta TAD570-72VE, TAD570-71VE-B
-   Volvo Penta TAD840GE, TAD840-43VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD880-82GE, TAD880-84VE
-   Volvo Penta TADH880-82GE, TADH880-84VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1140-42VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1150-52VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1170-72VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1180-83VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1351-53VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1371-75VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1380-82GE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1381-85VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1384-85VE-IWP
-   Volvo Penta TAD1640-42VE-C
-   Volvo Penta TAD1643VE-B
-   Volvo Penta TAD1650VE-B/51VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD1670-72VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD540-42VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD550-51VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD552VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD580-83VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD850-52VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD853VE
-   Volvo Penta TAD870-73VE

## Details

- **Price:** 138.73 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Electrical & Wiring
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 138.73 AUD | In stock |

## Images

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/21904841-cover-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-06