15007006 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta cooling system cover for TWD16-series diesel engines used in generating set and industrial applications. It closes off a cooling circuit housing or passage, sealing coolant within the system and providing service access to the components behind it. Supplied as an individual component with a net weight of approximately 0.56 kg.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TWD1643GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1652GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1653GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1644-45GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1663GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1682-83GE
• Volvo Penta TWD1683VE
• Volvo Penta TWD1672-1673GE

• Engine Family: TWD

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 15007006
• System group: Cooling System
• Net weight: 0.565 kg
• Fits TWD1643GE through TWD1683VE series diesel engines
• Supplied as a single cover component
• Engine type: Volvo Penta 16-litre industrial diesel
• System type: Coolant-pump / thermostat housing closure

🔌 Function

The cover seals a cooling system housing or passage so coolant is contained at operating pressure and temperature. It also allows the internal components behind it to be reached during inspection and servicing.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Coolant seepage or drips around the cover joint face
• Corrosion, pitting or scaling on the sealing surface
• Warping or cracking of the cover leading to a poor seal
• Loss of coolant level or pressure with no other visible leak source
• Damaged or seized fasteners preventing a correct clamping load

🛠️ Service Notes

• Clean both sealing faces back to clean metal and check the cover for distortion, cracks or pulled bolt holes before refitting — a warped flange will not seal even with a new gasket
• Where the joint uses a gasket, seal or O-ring, always fit a new one and seat it dry unless the workshop manual for your engine specifies a sealant; never try to make a poor joint tight with extra sealant
• Tighten the fasteners progressively and evenly, working out from the centre, to the figure given in the manual for your engine — pressed steel, alloy and plastic covers distort easily if pulled down hard or unevenly
• If the cover carries a shaft seal or bearing, support it square to the shaft as it goes on so the seal lip is not nicked or rolled over
• Check that any breather, drain or oil return passage in the cover is clear before final tightening, and look for leaks once the engine has been run up to temperature

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 21960481 complete coolant pump
• 21103569 rubber moulding
• 8131154 seal
• 21843564 coolant pipe
• 975675 O-ring
• 3838404 related cover
• 21613426 thermostat
• 21420336 connecting pipe
• 23177550 pump unit

OEM Reman Alternatives

• 3801909 remanufactured coolant pump

📦 Condition

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