11032068 Tube | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine Volvo Penta rigid coolant tube used with the engine-driven water pump on selected 16-litre engines. The tube forms part of the coolant transfer path around pump 11032176 and the associated bracket and housing. Its original shape maintains correct clearance around the engine and aligns the hose or sealing connections.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TD164KAE
• Volvo Penta TAD1631GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1631G

• Engine Family: TD, TAD
• Year Range: Approximately 1990s - 2000s

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 11032068
• System group: Cooling System
• Net weight: 0.91 kg (0.9072 kg)
• Fits TD164 and TAD1631 series diesel engines
• Supplied as an individual tube, not part of a kit
• Engine type: Volvo inline 6-cylinder 16-litre turbo-diesel

🔌 Function

The tube carries engine coolant between points in the cooling circuit, maintaining sealed flow so heat is transferred away from the engine. Correct routing and sealing of this tube is essential to keeping coolant pressure and operating temperature within specification.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Visible coolant weeping, drips or dried residue along the tube or at its connection points
• Corrosion, pitting or scaling on the tube wall leading to pinhole leaks
• Cracks, splits or deformation from vibration, impact or over-tightening
• Repeated coolant loss and rising engine operating temperature with no other identified cause
• Restricted coolant flow or internal blockage causing overheating under load

🛠️ Service Notes

• Fit the tube so it reaches both connections without being sprung into place — a tube pulled into line loads its ends and cracks, usually at a bend or a joint
• Renew the sealing washers, O-rings or gaskets at every connection rather than reusing them, and start each union by hand so you can feel that the thread and seating face are properly engaged before tightening
• Keep the bore clean: cap or plug both ends until the moment of fitting, and never blow debris through a tube into the component it feeds
• Support the tube in its original clips and brackets — an unsupported run will fatigue from engine vibration even though it sealed perfectly when new
• Do not straighten, re-bend or patch a damaged tube; its shape is what gives the correct stress-free fit, and tighten unions only to the figure in the workshop manual for your engine

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 11032176 related water pump
• 11032063 related pulley
• 11032124 related pump bracket
• TD164KAE cooling-system reference

📦 Condition

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