1543469 Valve Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta valve cover from the Engine system group, sealing the top of the cylinder head over the valve train and rocker gear. It fits the 16-litre TD, TID, TWD, TAD and TAMD engine families used in marine, industrial and genset installations. Supplied as an individual cover with a net weight of approximately 0.85 kg.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: TWD, TID, TD, TAMD, TAD
• Year Range: Approximately late 1980s through the 2000s

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 1543469
• System group: Engine
• Net weight approximately 0.85 kg
• Fits 16-litre TD, TID, TWD, TAD and TAMD series engines
• Sealing cover for the valve train / rocker gear area of the cylinder head
• Engine type: Volvo Penta 16-litre inline 6-cylinder four-valve diesel
• 6 used per assembly

🔌 Function

The valve cover encloses the valve gear at the top of the cylinder head, keeping lubricating oil contained within the engine and preventing dirt, water and debris from entering. It also forms part of the crankcase ventilation path in normal operation.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Oil seepage or wet oil film around the cylinder head to cover joint
• Cracked, distorted or damaged cover flange preventing an even seal
• Repeat gasket failure caused by a warped sealing face
• Stripped or pulled fastener threads and bolt holes
• Oil residue and dirt build-up running down the side of the engine

🛠️ Service Notes

• Fit a new gasket or seal whenever the cover comes off, and clean both faces down to clean, dry material without scoring them — use a plastic scraper on aluminium and on moulded covers, never an abrasive disc
• Check the cover itself for distortion and for cracks around the bolt holes, and renew the sealing rings, grommets or spacers that sit under the bolts along with it
• Draw the bolts down evenly from the centre outwards to the figure in the workshop manual for your engine; over-tightening distorts the cover and crushes the gasket, which is the usual reason a freshly gasketed cover still leaks
• Make sure the breather, oil filler and any sensor or fitting carried in the cover are clear and correctly sealed before it goes back on
• Degrease the area after fitting so that at the next check a genuine leak can be told from residual oil

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 1543581 related valve-cover gasket
• 1543582 related damping ring
• 1543657 related washer
• 943819 related disc spring
• 1543654 related cap nut
• 1543751 related injector-valve cover seal
• 1543441 related rocker arm

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TAMD162C-C, TAMD162A, TAMD162B, TAMD162C, TAMD162C-B
• Volvo Penta TID162AG, TID162AGP, TID162AP, TID162APB
• Volvo Penta TAD1630G, TAD1630GE, TAD1630P
• Volvo Penta TWD1630G, TWD1630P, TWD1630V
• Volvo Penta TAD1631GE, TAD1631G
• Volvo Penta TAMD163A-A, TAMD163P-A
• Volvo Penta TAMD165A, TAMD165C
• Volvo Penta TD164KAE
• Volvo Penta TWD1620G