20576614 Sensor | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine Volvo Penta sensor used in the engine monitoring and control circuit. It is supplied as an individual service component under part number 20576614 and is intended to restore the original fit, sealing, alignment, retention or operating function of the specified assembly. This listing supplies the named component only; adjoining parts are serviced separately.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TWD1240VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1241GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1242GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1240GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1241VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1242VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1241-42VE

• Engine Family: TWD, TAD

⚙️ Key Features

• Application-specific sensing range and electrical output
• Matched connector and mounting interface for the documented monitoring circuit
• Provides live data to the engine-control, alarm or display system
• Designed for engine vibration, heat and fluid exposure at the assigned location
• Correct diagnosis requires signal, supply, ground and harness checks
• Serial-number confirmation prevents mixing sensors with different calibration ranges
• Engine type: Volvo Penta D7 inline-six industrial diesel

🔌 Function

Converts a measured engine condition into an electrical signal.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• The displayed reading is implausible, fixed or intermittent
• A false warning, alarm or control-system fault is recorded
• Connector corrosion or wiring damage affects the signal
• Engine performance changes because incorrect data reaches the control system
• Testing shows an open circuit, short circuit or signal outside specification

🛠️ Service Notes

• Note how the sensor sits and how its lead is routed before removing it, and support the harness so refitting does not leave the cable strained or rubbing
• Turn the sensor with a spanner on its hex only — never lever or twist it by the connector body or the wiring, which breaks the internal joint even when the sensor looks undamaged
• Renew the O-ring or sealing washer where one is fitted, and do not add thread sealant unless the manual for your engine specifies it; sealant on the threads can break the earth path of a sensor that earths through its body
• Tighten to the figure in the workshop manual for your engine — overtightening distorts the housing and shifts or destroys the sensing element
• Make sure the connector is clean, dry and fully latched home and check the pins for corrosion and spread — a poor connector accounts for a great many faults blamed on the sensor — then run the engine and confirm the reading or warning lamp behaves sensibly before returning the boat to service

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 20576614 → Supersedes 20374281

OEM / Related Numbers

• 20374281 earlier number superseded by this part
• 20576447 - Related Hose
• 20576617 - Related Sensor
• 20575921 - Related Sleeve
• 20576626 - Related Sensor
• 20574175 - Related Valve Seat
• 20576874 - Related Cap Plug
• 3802190 - Related Volvo Penta turbocharger reference
• 318815 - BorgWarner/Schwitzer turbo references
• 318754 - BorgWarner/Schwitzer turbo references
• 56209880009 - BorgWarner/Schwitzer turbo references
• 21033328 - Flywheel starter ring
• 20405654 - Flywheel retaining screw
• 20405643 - Expansion plug
• 20459927 - Stud
• 20459928 - Washer
• 20405765 - Hexagon nut

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• DT Spare Parts: 2.25531
• febi Bilstein: 172942
• Sampa: 093.331
• Auger: 79363
• NRF: 727164

📦 Condition

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