21656732 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Rigid engine cover or case used on the Volvo Penta D4-260A-B marine diesel. It protects the underlying engine components, controls appearance and helps reduce accidental contact and contamination.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D4-260A-F
• Volvo Penta D4-260D-F
• Volvo Penta D4-260I-F
• Volvo Penta D4-300A-F
• Volvo Penta D4-300D-F
• Volvo Penta D4-180I-F
• Volvo Penta D4-225I-F
• Volvo Penta D4-300I-F
• Volvo Penta D4-225A-F

• Engine Family: D
• HP Range: 180-300 HP

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta D4 engine cover
• Confirmed D4-260A-B application
• Approximate weight: 0.454 kg
• Original mounting and clearance profile
• Engine type: 3.7-litre inline-four turbocharged marine diesel

🔌 Function

Protects the engine and provides the factory external cover around the designated components.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Cracked or damaged cover
• Broken mounting tabs
• Rattling under engine vibration
• Heat distortion
• Missing sound-insulation or retaining hardware

🛠️ 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

Other-Brand OEM Numbers

• VOE21656732

📦 Condition

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