# 3808746 Insert | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta insert from the Cooling System group, weighing 6.940 kg and listed for 121 applications on D-series engines. It supersedes part number 3583638, which was catalogued earlier as a tube, so old paperwork may show a tube where the current listing shows an insert.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** D
-   **HP Range:** 145-380 HP

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   6.940 kg
-   Supersedes 3583638, previously listed as a tube
-   121 applications on D-series engines

## 🔌 Function

Sits inside a cooling-system housing to form the flow path, taking the erosion and scaling instead of the housing itself.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Cooling performance falling off with no external leak to find
-   Scale, silt or shell debris packed into the passages
-   Insert wall thinned, pitted or perforated
-   Coolant and raw water mixing
-   Insert loose in its housing, or its seals weeping

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Renew the sealing rings and end gaskets with the insert
-   Inspect the housing bore for pitting while the insert is out

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   3808746 → Supersedes 3583638 → Supersedes 3583636

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   3583638 earlier number superseded by this part
-   3583636 earlier number superseded by this part

## 📦 Condition

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

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta D6-370A-C, D6-350A-A, D6-350A-B, D6-330A-D, D6-330D-E, D6-370D-E, D6-370D-B, D6-330D-B, D6-330A-F, D6-370A-F, D6-370D-A, D6-330D-C, D6-330A-C, D6-370D-C, D6-330D-D, D6-370D-D, D6-330D-F, D6-370A-D, D6-330A-E, D6-370A-E, D6-370D-F, D6-330I-D, D6-310I-B, D6-280I-B, D6-280I-C, D6-280I-D, D6-280I-E, D6-310I-D, D6-310I-E, D6-280I-A, D6-310I-A, D6-300A-F, D6-300D-F, D6-300I-F, D6-310D-B, D6-310D-D, D6-310D-C, D6-310D-E, D6-370I-A, D6-370I-B, D6-330I-B, D6-330I-C, D6-370I-C, D6-370I-D, D6-310A-B, D6-280A-C, D6-310A-C, D6-310A-A, D6-280A-D, D6-310A-D, D6-280A-E, D6-310A-E, D6-310I-C, D6-280A-A, D6-280A-B, D6-340I-G, D6-380I-G, D6-300A-G, D6-340A-G, D6-380A-G, D6-300D-G, D6-340D-G, D6-380D-G, D6-300I-G, D6-330I-F, D6-370I-F, D6-330I-E, D6-370I-E, D6-330A-B, D6-370A-B
-   Volvo Penta D4-260A-C, D4-260A-D, D4-260A-E, D4-260A-F, D4-260D-C, D4-260D-D, D4-260D-E, D4-260D-F, D4-260I-C, D4-260I-D, D4-260I-E, D4-260I-F, D4-300A-A, D4-300A-C, D4-300A-D, D4-300A-E, D4-300A-F, D4-300D-A, D4-300D-C, D4-300D-D, D4-300D-E, D4-300D-F, D4-300I-A, D4-180I-C, D4-225I-C, D4-180I-D, D4-225I-D, D4-180I-E, D4-225I-E, D4-180I-F, D4-225I-F, D4-225A-C, D4-225A-D, D4-300I-C, D4-300I-D, D4-300I-E, D4-300I-F, D4-225A-E, D4-225A-F, D4-175I-G, D4-230I-G, D4-270I-G, D4-320I-G, D4-300I-G, D4-150A-G, D4-230A-G, D4-270A-G, D4-320A-G, D4-300A-G, D4-145I-G, D4-175 VG

## Details

- **Price:** 4622.18 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Cooling System
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 4622.18 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 3808746 Insert | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/3808746-insert-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-09-22