20405605 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta cover fitted in the timing-gear casing beside the idler gear and pivot pin. It closes the access opening and is retained with set screw 20450795.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: D, TD, TAD, MD

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• Timing-gear casing access cover
• Located beside idler gear 20555503 and pivot pin 20758272
• Retained with locking-fluid-prepared set screw 20450795
• Protects the timing gears from contamination
• Sealing face and cover condition must be checked during service
• Engine type: Volvo Penta 5- and 7-litre industrial diesel

🔌 Function

Closes and protects the timing-gear casing opening beside the idler gear.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Oil leakage around the cover
• Loose locking screw
• Contamination entering the timing case
• Fretting at the cover seat

🛠️ 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

• 20555503 - idler gear
• 20758272 - pivot pin
• 20405560 - hexagon screw
• 20450795 - set screw
• 20405706 - related timing-cover screws

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D7A-B TA, D7A-T, D7A-TA, D7C-B TA, D7C-TA
• Volvo Penta D5A-B TA, D5A-T, D5A-TA
• Volvo Penta MD2010, MD2010B
• Volvo Penta TAD520GE, TAD520VE
• Volvo Penta TAD530GE MECH, TAD530GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD531GE MECH, TAD531GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD720GE, TAD720VE
• Volvo Penta TAD721GE, TAD721VE
• Volvo Penta TAD722GE, TAD722VE
• Volvo Penta TAD730GE MECH, TAD730GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD731GE MECH, TAD731GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD750GE, TAD750VE
• Volvo Penta TD520GE, TD520VE
• Volvo Penta TD720GE, TD720VE PP
• Volvo Penta TAD420VE
• Volvo Penta TAD532GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD550GE
• Volvo Penta TAD551GE
• Volvo Penta TAD620VE
• Volvo Penta TAD650VE
• Volvo Penta TAD660VE
• Volvo Penta TAD732GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD733GE EDC4
• Volvo Penta TAD751GE
• Volvo Penta TAD760VE
• Volvo Penta TD420VE