# 23798374 Gear Housing | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta gear housing from the Marine Propulsion group, weighing 20.38 kg. It supersedes part number 22846275 and covers its 11 applications across D series engines and DPI drives.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Gear housing from the Marine Propulsion group
-   20.38 kg
-   Supersedes 22846275 and covers its 11 applications across D series engines and DPI drives

## 🔌 Function

Carries the drive's gears, shafts and bearings, holding them in the correct relationship to each other and retaining the oil around them.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Drive oil loss with no obvious seal leak
-   Milky drive oil showing water has been getting in
-   Cracks around the bearing bores or the mounting face
-   Bearing bores worn oval or fretted on strip-down
-   Corrosion damage to the outside, particularly around the fixings

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   A housing is supplied bare - plan on new bearings, seals and shims to build it up
-   Establish why the old housing failed; a grounding or a seized bearing damages more than the case alone
-   At over 20 kg it needs support during handling

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   23798374 → Supersedes 22846275

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   22846275 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 4542.0 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 4542.00 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 23798374 Gear Housing | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/23798374-gear-housing-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-08-22