# 22291180 Actuator | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Electronic actuator that supersedes 21896610 and earlier reference 20799568. It controls an emissions or air-handling valve in the D6 industrial engine family and must be matched to the exact valve and software calibration.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   OEM supersession chain through 21896610 and 20799568
-   Electronic position control
-   Integrated position feedback
-   Industrial emissions/air-system duty
-   Serial and software controlled
-   Engine type: 6-cylinder turbocharged industrial diesel

## 🔌 Function

Positions the assigned EGR or air-control valve in response to engine-control commands.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Position-feedback fault
-   Engine derate
-   Sticking or slow movement
-   Excess current draw
-   Connector or linkage damage

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Note the fitted position and any linkage settings before removal, so the new unit can be set up the same way
-   Isolate the batteries, and relieve any pressure in the system, before disconnecting an actuator
-   Check the linkage, pivots and mountings move freely; a stiff or seized mechanism will kill a new actuator as surely as it killed the old one
-   Fit it so it works through its full travel without binding and reaches both end positions properly, with the connector seated dry and locked
-   Some actuators need calibration or a learning procedure with Volvo Penta diagnostic equipment before they will operate correctly, so check what your engine requires

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   22291180 → Supersedes 21896610 → Supersedes 20799568

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   21896610 earlier number superseded by this part
-   20799568 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 2424.38 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 2424.38 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 22291180 Actuator | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/22291180-actuator-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-08-22