# 24156665 Starter Element | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta starter element from the Starting System group, weighing 2.551 kg. It supersedes part number 3886863 and covers its eight TWD series engine applications. It preheats intake air for cold starting.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Starting system starter element
-   2.551 kg
-   Supersedes 3886863
-   Covers the eight TWD series engine applications of the number it replaces
-   Preheats the intake air for cold starting

## 🔌 Function

Heats the inlet air before and during cranking, so a cold engine is given air warm enough to fire on.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Hard cold starting with a long crank and white smoke
-   Preheat lamp not lighting, or staying lit
-   Blown fuse or fusible link in the preheat circuit
-   Element found burnt through, sagging or shorted to its housing
-   Terminal stud corroded or arced

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Check the preheat relay, the supply cable and the earth before condemning the element - the current these draw finds every poor connection
-   Isolate the batteries before working on the element; it carries a very high current
-   Confirm the element has not sagged into the inlet tract - a broken element can be drawn into the engine

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   24156665 → Supersedes 3886863

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   3886863 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

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

## Details

- **Price:** 1505.87 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Starters & Starting
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 1505.87 AUD | In stock |

## Images

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/24156665-starter-element-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-10