21522292 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

A genuine engine top cover used on selected Volvo Penta D6 marine diesel packages. The cover provides a finished protective barrier over the upper engine components and works with the specified supports, bracket and protective cover hardware.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D6-440I-G
• Volvo Penta D6-480I-G
• Volvo Penta D6-440I-WJ-G
• Volvo Penta D6-480I-WJ-G
• Volvo Penta D6-440D-G
• Volvo Penta D6-480D-G
• Volvo Penta D6-400A-G
• Volvo Penta D6-440A-G
• Volvo Penta D6-480A-G

• Engine Family: D
• HP Range: 400-480 HP
• Year Range: Approximately 2010 - 2016 production-era applications

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta engine top cover
• Factory fit for the specified D6 upper-engine arrangement
• Protects wiring, fuel-system and service components from accidental contact
• Supports the original engine appearance and identification decals
• Direct replacement for a cracked, damaged or missing cover
• Engine type: 5.5L inline six-cylinder common-rail turbocharged marine diesel

🔌 Function

Covers and protects the upper engine area while preserving access, clearance and the original mounting arrangement for supports and identification labels.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Cracking around mounting points
• Rattling from loose supports or fasteners
• Heat distortion or impact damage
• Missing clips, supports or brackets
• Contact with wiring or engine components caused by a warped cover

🛠️ 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

• 22382554 - cover support
• 21956262 - cover support
• 3588528 - protective cover
• 3586068 - mounting bracket
• 3584091 - support
• 21679696 - engine-cover decal
• 21679698 - engine-cover decal

📦 Condition

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