15046827 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

This is a genuine Volvo Penta cover from the lubricating and oil system group, part number 15046827. It serves as a sealing closure panel within the engine's oil circuit, keeping lubricating oil contained and preventing dirt ingress at its mounting location. It is specified for D13 series marine engines and TAD series industrial and genset engines.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: TAD, D
• Year Range: Approximately mid-2000s onward

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 15046827
• System group: Lubricating and Oil System
• Net weight: 0.73 kg
• Fits D13 series marine engines and TAD1180, TAD13 series industrial and generator set engines
• Supplied as a single cover component
• Engine type: Volvo Penta D11 and D13 inline 6-cylinder industrial or generating-set diesel

🔌 Function

The cover closes off an opening in the engine's lubricating oil system, retaining oil within the circuit and sealing the housing against contamination. It also provides service access to the internal components behind it when removed.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Oil weeping or dripping from the cover joint face
• Deformed, warped or cracked cover body preventing an even seal
• Corrosion or pitting around the sealing surface
• Loose, stretched or damaged fastener holes causing repeated gasket failure
• Falling oil level or oil traces on surrounding engine surfaces

🛠️ 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

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• 23124600 related oil-filter housing
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Other-Brand OEM Numbers

• VOE15046827

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D13C1-A MP, D13C2-A MP, D13C3-A MP, D13C4-A MP, D13B-A MP, D13B-H MP, D13B-G MP, D13B-L MP, D13B-E MH, D13B-E MH (FE), D13B-K MP, D13B-N MH, D13B-N MH (FE), D13B-B MP, D13B-D MP, D13B-J MP, D13B-M MP, D13B-C MP, D13C6-A MP, D13C1-A MH, D13C2-A MH, D13C5-A MP
• Volvo Penta TAD1341VE, TAD1341GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1342VE, TAD1342GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1343VE, TAD1343GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1344VE, TAD1344GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1345GE, TAD1345VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1351GE, TAD1351-53VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1180-83VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1340VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1350GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1352GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1353GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1354GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1355GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1360-62VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1363-65VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1371-75VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1380-82GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1381-85VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1384-85VE-IWP