20702041 Cover Plate | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine removable inspection and closure plate used on compatible Volvo Penta flywheel-housing assemblies. The plate closes the designated opening in the SAE housing while preserving access for inspection or service of the flywheel and rear-engine interface.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TAD720VE
• Volvo Penta TAD721VE
• Volvo Penta TAD722VE
• Volvo Penta TAD750VE
• Volvo Penta TAD520VE
• Volvo Penta TAD760VE

• Engine Family: TAD

⚙️ Key Features

• Formed to match the flywheel-housing inspection opening and fastener pattern
• Maintains the housing's protection against dirt, moisture and accidental contact
• Suitable for TAD520VE and SAE 2 flywheel-housing configurations on TAD750VE and TAD760VE
• Must seat flat against the housing to prevent vibration and fretting
• Supplied as the cover plate only; housing, screws and bushings are serviced separately
• Use the serial-specific flywheel-housing parts list for your engine to confirm the correct opening and orientation

🔌 Function

Closes and protects the designated flywheel-housing access opening while allowing the plate to be removed for inspection or service.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• The plate is cracked, bent or heavily corroded
• Fastener holes are elongated or damaged
• The plate vibrates or rattles because it no longer seats flat
• Dirt or moisture enters the flywheel-housing area

🛠️ Service Notes

• Clean both faces and remove all of the old gasket or sealant before refitting; a cover plate only seals if it sits flat on a clean face
• Check the plate for distortion around the fixing holes and renew it if the flange has been pulled out of shape
• Fit a new gasket, seal or O-ring rather than reusing the old one, and use sealant only where the manual for your engine calls for it
• Tighten evenly and progressively to the figures in the workshop manual — these covers are thin and easily bowed by pulling one fixing up first
• Check for weeps once the engine has been run up to temperature and allowed to cool

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 20702041 → Supersedes 20508610 → Supersedes 20478182

OEM / Related Numbers

• 20508610 earlier number superseded by this part
• 20478182 earlier number superseded by this part
• 24424496 - Related SAE 2 flywheel housing
• 20405713 - Related cover and housing screws
• 20405714 - Related cover and housing screws
• 967949 - Related flange screw
• 20405715 - Related screw
• 20501348 - Related mounting screw
• 20585971 - Related flywheel-housing bushing

📦 Condition

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