1542187 Gasket | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

This is a genuine Volvo Penta cooling system gasket, part number 1542187, used to seal a joint face within the engine's cooling circuit. It is a lightweight service item at roughly 18 grams, and is a standard replacement whenever a cooling system component is removed or overhauled. It suits the widely used 30, 31, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 series marine diesel engines.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: MD, TMD, TAMD, AD, AQAD, D, TD, AQD, KAD, KAMD
• HP Range: Approximately 90-300 HP
• Year Range: Approximately 1970s - 2000s

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 1542187
• System group: Cooling System
• Net weight 0.018 kg (18 g)
• Fits MD, TMD, TAMD, TD, AD, AQAD, AQD, KAD and KAMD 30/31/40/41/42/43/44 series marine diesel engines
• Single-use sealing component - replace rather than reuse whenever the joint is disturbed
• Engine type: Volvo Penta 4- and 6-cylinder freshwater-cooled marine diesel

🔌 Function

The gasket forms a sealed joint between two mating faces in the engine cooling system, preventing coolant or raw water leakage and maintaining circuit pressure. It also compensates for minor surface irregularities between the components it seals.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Coolant or raw water weeping or dripping from the joint face
• Loss of coolant level with no other visible external leak
• Visible hardening, cracking or compression set of the gasket material
• Corrosion staining or salt deposits around the mating surfaces
• Overheating or air ingress into the cooling circuit caused by a poor seal

🛠️ Service Notes

• Fit a new gasket every time the joint is disturbed — a gasket takes a permanent set once it has been torqued and will not seal reliably a second time
• Scrape both faces back to clean bare metal, keeping the blade at a shallow angle so it lifts the old material without gouging the surface, and use a plastic scraper on aluminium castings
• Check the faces for flatness, cracks and corrosion pitting, and make sure no old gasket, carbon or hardened sealant is left in the corners or around the bolt holes
• Fit the gasket dry unless the workshop manual for your engine calls for a sealant, and then only the type it specifies — surplus sealant squeezes out into oil, coolant and fuel passages
• Draw the fasteners down progressively in the sequence and to the torque given in the manual for your engine, and recheck after the first heat cycle where the manual asks for it

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• Recmar REC1542187
• SLP: EPL-2187

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TAMD31L-A, TAMD31M-A, TAMD31P, TAMD31P-A, TAMD31S, TAMD31A, TAMD31B, TAMD31D
• Volvo Penta TAMD41B, TAMD41D, TAMD41H-A, TAMD41H-B, TAMD41P-A, TAMD41P, TAMD41A
• Volvo Penta AD31, AD31B, AD31D-A, AD31L-A, AD31P-A, AD31XD
• Volvo Penta AD41B, AD41D, AD41L-A, AD41P-A, AD41A, AD41BJ
• Volvo Penta D41, D41B, D41D, D41L-A
• Volvo Penta TMD31A, TMD31B, TMD31D, TMD31L-A
• Volvo Penta TMD41A, TMD41B, TMD41D, TMD41L-A
• Volvo Penta KAD42A, KAD42B, KAD42P-A
• Volvo Penta KAD44P, KAD44P-B, KAD44P-C
• Volvo Penta KAMD42A, KAMD42B, KAMD42P-A
• Volvo Penta KAMD43P, KAMD43P-A, KAMD43P-B
• Volvo Penta KAMD44P-B, KAMD44P-C, KAMD44P-A
• Volvo Penta TMD40A, TMD40B, TMD40C
• Volvo Penta AQAD40B, AQAD40A
• Volvo Penta KAD43P-B, KAD43P-A
• Volvo Penta TAMD40A, TAMD40B
• Volvo Penta TAMD42WJ-A, TAMD42B
• Volvo Penta AQAD30A
• Volvo Penta AQD40A
• Volvo Penta KAD300-A
• Volvo Penta KAD32P
• Volvo Penta KAMD300-A
• Volvo Penta MD30A
• Volvo Penta MD31A
• Volvo Penta MD40A
• Volvo Penta TAMD30A
• Volvo Penta TD30A
• Volvo Penta TD31ACE
• Volvo Penta TD40A
• Volvo Penta TMD30A