# 3852296 Spring | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta spring for earlier builds only - it is not used on later versions - weighing 22.7 g and listed for 60 applications across the AD, D, XDP, TSK, TMD and DP series. It supersedes part number 813970.

## 🚤 Compatibility

-   **Engine Family:** AD, D, XDP, TSK, TMD, DP, SP, DPX, HS, SX, TAMD, KAD, KAMD

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   Not used on later versions - earlier build only
-   22.7 g
-   Supersedes 813970
-   60 applications across AD, D, XDP, TSK, TMD and DP

## 🔌 Function

Provides the spring load that keeps a moving drive component seated or returned against its stop.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   Component it loads feels slack, sluggish or fails to return
-   Spring collapsed, shortened or with a lost free length
-   Broken coil or bright rub marks along the spring
-   Rust scaling that has thinned the wire

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Confirm the build before ordering - later versions of the same assembly delete this spring entirely
-   Spacer 3852298 carries the same later-version deletion note and a near-identical fitment list, so check whether both come out together

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### OEM Supersession Chain

-   3852296 → Supersedes 813970

### OEM / Related Numbers

-   813970 earlier number superseded by this part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 SX-RT2, SX-S, SX-ST, SX-C, SX-C1, SX-C2, SX-CT, SX-CT1, SX-CT2, SX-M, SX-M1, SX-MTD, SX-MTD3, SX-RT1
-   Volvo Penta DP-C1, DP-D1, DP-E, DP-G, DP-S, DP-S1, DP-SM, DP-SMTD, DP-SMTD1, DP-SMTD3
-   Volvo Penta TAMD31L, TAMD31L-A, TAMD31M, TAMD31M-A, TAMD31P, TAMD31P-A, TAMD31S, TAMD31D, TAMD31P-B
-   Volvo Penta AD31D, AD31D-A, AD31L-A, AD31P-A, AD31XD
-   Volvo Penta TAMD41H-A, TAMD41H-B, TAMD41P-A, TAMD41P, TAMD41P-B
-   Volvo Penta DPX-A, DPX-R, DPX-S1
-   Volvo Penta AD41L-A, AD41P-A
-   Volvo Penta TMD31D, TMD31L-A
-   Volvo Penta XDP-B, XDP-D3
-   Volvo Penta D41L-A
-   Volvo Penta HS1A
-   Volvo Penta KAD42B
-   Volvo Penta KAMD42B
-   Volvo Penta SP-E
-   Volvo Penta TAMD42B
-   Volvo Penta TMD41L-A
-   Volvo Penta TSK DP-S

## Details

- **Price:** 4.84 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Drives & Propulsion
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 4.84 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 3852296 Spring | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/3852296-spring-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-08