1543581 Gasket | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

This is a genuine Volvo Penta gasket from the Engine system group, used to seal a mating joint on the 16-litre TWD, TID, TAD and TAMD engine families. It is also supplied as a component of gasket kit 876839, so it can be replaced individually or as part of that wider overhaul set. Fitting a fresh gasket whenever a joint is disturbed is essential to restore a leak-free seal.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: TWD, TID, TD, TAMD, TAD

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• OEM Volvo Penta part number 1543581
• System group: Engine
• Included in gasket kit 876839
• Net weight 0.029 kg
• Fits TWD1620G/1630, TID162, TD164, TAD1630/1631 and TAMD162/163/165 series engines
• Single-use sealing component - renew whenever the joint is opened
• Engine type: Volvo Penta heavy-duty inline-six diesel engine
• 6 used per assembly

📋 Kit Contents

• Included in gasket kit 876839.

🔌 Function

The gasket forms a compressible seal between two mating engine faces, preventing the escape of fluids, gases or pressure across the joint. It also compensates for minor surface irregularities between the two components.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Visible oil, coolant or fuel seepage at the joint face
• Loss of pressure or air/exhaust leakage from the sealed surface
• Hardened, cracked, flattened or brittle gasket material on inspection
• Staining, residue or corrosion trails around the mating flange
• Repeated need to retighten fasteners at the joint

🛠️ 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

OEM / Related Numbers

• 1543582 - Valve-cover damping ring
• 1543657 - Valve-cover washer
• 943819 - Disc spring
• 1543654 - Valve-cover cap nut
• 876839 - Related cylinder-head gasket kit
• 876716 - Related gasket kit

Other-Brand OEM Numbers

• Elring: 550.590

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• SLP: EV-581

📦 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 TAMD165A, TAMD165C, TAMD165P
• Volvo Penta TWD1630G, TWD1630P, TWD1630V
• Volvo Penta TAD1631GE, TAD1631G
• Volvo Penta TAMD163A-A, TAMD163P-A
• Volvo Penta TD164KAE
• Volvo Penta TWD1620G