20819869 Piston Ring Kit | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine Volvo Penta standard-size piston ring kit for one 144mm-bore D16 piston. The ring pack is used across D16C, D16E and D16F marine, industrial and construction-engine applications. Six kits are required for a complete six-cylinder engine.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: D, TAD
• Year Range: Approximately early 2000s onward

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta OEM D16 piston ring kit
• Correct Volvo Penta part number 20819869
• Standard 144mm-bore ring set for one piston
• Suitable for D16C, D16E and D16F engine families
• Engine type: Volvo Penta 16.1L inline 6-cylinder turbocharged diesel

📋 Kit Contents

• Top compression ring - supplied under kit number 20819869 - quantity 1; no separate Volvo service number
• Second compression ring - supplied under kit number 20819869 - quantity 1; no separate Volvo service number
• Oil-control ring - supplied under kit number 20819869 - quantity 1; no separate Volvo service number
• Six kits are required for a complete D16 engine

🔌 Function

The ring set seals combustion pressure, controls lubricating oil on the cylinder wall and transfers piston heat into the liner.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Excessive blow-by or crankcase pressure
• Blue smoke and high oil consumption
• Ring breakage or ring-land damage
• Cylinder-liner polishing, scoring or poor sealing

🛠️ Service Notes

• Check the end gap of each ring in the bore it will run in and compare it with the figure in the workshop manual for your engine; a worn or rebored cylinder changes it
• Fit the rings the right way up — where a face is marked or the section is stepped, that face goes towards the piston crown, and an oil control ring's expander must be fitted without overlapping its own ends
• Use a ring expander rather than levering rings on with a screwdriver, and open them only as far as they need to go; cast rings snap and the groove edges nick easily
• Stagger the ring gaps round the piston as the manual for your engine directs, so that no two gaps line up
• Oil the rings, bore and compressor lightly, enter the bore with a ring compressor, and never force the piston in — if it resists, back it out and find out why

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 22521804 corresponding later Volvo reference

OEM / Related Numbers

• 22521804 related reference

Other-Brand OEM Numbers

• VOE20819869
• MAHLE: 037 RS 00115 0N0
• Kolbenschmidt: 800126210000
• Goetze Engine: 08-445300-00

Aftermarket / Verified Equivalents

• SLP: PRK-869
• VolvoKits: VK-PRK-869
• DT Spare Parts: 2.90127

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D13C3-B MH, D13C4-B MH, D13C5-B MP, D13C3-B MG, D13C4-B MG, D13C2-A MG, D13C1-A MG, D13C7-B MP, D13C8-B MP
• Volvo Penta D16C1-E MG, D16C1-F MG, D16C2-E MG, D16C2-F MG, D16C1-E MH, D16C1-F MH, D16C2-E MH, D16C2-F MH
• Volvo Penta D8A6-A MH, D8A6-A MG
• Volvo Penta TAD1640VE-B, TAD1640-42VE-C
• Volvo Penta TAD1641VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1642VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1643VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1650VE-B/51VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1660-62VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1662VE EU5
• Volvo Penta TAD1670-72VE