# 3853839 Solenoid | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

## 🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta solenoid from the Starting System group, weighing 0.295 kg and listed for 39 applications. No engine family and no voltage rating are published against it, so match it by part number to the illustration for your starter installation.

## 🚤 Compatibility

Full model list at the end of this description.

## ⚙️ Key Features

-   0.295 kg
-   Starting System group
-   39 applications
-   No voltage rating published - order by part number

## 🔌 Function

Switches the heavy starter current on a small control signal, and on a starter-mounted unit also engages the drive pinion.

## ⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

-   A single click and no crank, or nothing at all when the key is turned
-   Starter cranking intermittently, often better when cold
-   Heavy clicking or chattering as the contacts arc
-   Main terminals blued, burnt or the studs loose
-   Starter staying engaged after the key is released

## 🛠️ Service Notes

-   Check the battery, cables and earth path and measure the volt drop at the solenoid before condemning it - a poor connection behaves exactly like a failed solenoid
-   Isolate the battery before working on starter cabling; the main feed is unfused and will arc hard across a spanner
-   Clean the terminal faces and tighten to a firm even load, then protect them against corrosion

## 🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

### Other-Brand OEM Numbers

-   Prestolite: 15-394

### Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

-   ARCO: SW394
-   Sierra: 18-5801
-   Mallory: 9-15105
-   API Marine: SW79

## 📦 Condition

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

## 🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

-   Volvo Penta 5.8FiPNCACE, 5.8FiPNCMCE, 5.8FiPNCBCE, 5.8FIPNCSCE, 5.8FLPMDA, 5.8FLINCS, 5.8FLIHUB, 5.8FLIHUE, 5.8FLINCC, 5.8FLPHUE, 5.8FLPHUR, 5.8FLPNCA, 5.8FLPNCM, 5.8FLPNCB, 5.8FLPNCS, 5.8FSiPHUBCE, 5.8FSiPHURCE, 5.8FSiPNCACE, 5.8FSiPNCD, 5.8FSiPNCS, 5.8FiPHUECE, 5.8FiPHURCE, 5.8FiPMDA, 5.8FiPMDM, 5.0FiPNCBCE, 5.0FLPHUE, 5.0FLPHUR, 5.0FLPMDA, 5.0FLPNCS, 5.0FLPNCB, 5.0FiPHUECE, 5.0FiPHURCE, 5.0FiPMDA, 5.0FiPMDM, 5.0FiPNCSCE, 5.8FIIHUECE, 5.8FiIHUBCE, 5.8FSIINCC, 5.8FSIINCS

## Details

- **Price:** 102.14 AUD
- **Vendor:** Volvo Penta
- **Type:** Starters & Starting
- **Tags:** Volvo Penta

## Variants

| Variant | Price | Available |
|---------|-------|-----------|
| Default Title | 102.14 AUD | In stock |

## Images

- 3853839 Solenoid | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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> Source: [Sawley's Auto and Marine](https://www.sawleysautoandmarine.com.au/products/3853839-solenoid-genuine-volvo-penta)
> Updated: 2026-10-09