• 22253730 Clutch | Genuine Volvo Penta Part
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22253730 Clutch | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

22253730 Clutch | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

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🔧 Product Description

Viscous cooling-fan clutch used in the TAD540VE, TAD541VE and TAD542VE cooling system. It is associated with later service clutch 23763152 and regulates fan speed according to temperature and clutch-fluid shear.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

  • Volvo Penta TAD840-43VE-C
  • Volvo Penta TAD850-52VE-C
  • Engine Family: TAD

⚙️ Key Features

  • Visco 600 fan-clutch platform
  • Exact TAD540-TAD542VE application
  • Temperature-responsive fan engagement
  • Reduces fan power draw when full airflow is not required
  • Later related service reference 23763152
  • Engine type: 4-cylinder turbocharged industrial diesel

🔌 Function

Modulates fan speed to provide cooling airflow when required while reducing noise and parasitic load at lower temperature.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

  • Engine overheats at low road/air speed
  • Fan remains permanently locked and noisy
  • Silicone fluid leakage
  • Bearing play or fan wobble
  • Fan fails to accelerate as coolant temperature rises

🛠️ Service Notes

  • Inspect the mating parts before fitting — splines, cones, drive plates, springs and thrust faces — because a new clutch fitted against worn mating components will fail again quickly
  • Work clean and keep the friction and engagement surfaces free of anything not specified for them, handling the parts so they are not knocked or contaminated
  • Set up the engagement and any adjustment strictly to the procedure and figures in the workshop manual for your engine or drive, and check for free, full movement in both the engaged and released positions before running up
  • Renew the seals, O-rings and locking fasteners disturbed during the job, and tighten fasteners to the manual's figures
  • Bed a new clutch in gently, avoiding heavy load until it has run for the period the manual specifies, then recheck the adjustment

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

  • 22253730 → Supersedes 21950454

OEM / Related Numbers

  • 21950454 earlier number superseded by this part
  • 23763152 (later/related fan clutch)
  • 23239863 (related clutch references)
  • 22052805 (related clutch references)
  • 21920692 (related fans)
  • 21920701 (related fans)
  • 21913656 (related fans)
  • 21920703 (related fans)
  • 21318856 (mounting screw)
  • 21878547 (fan rings)
  • 20542693 (fan rings)

📦 Condition

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

Shipping & Delivery

Flat-rate shipping Australia-wide — $14.99 per order, no matter how many parts you add. Orders dispatch from our Kadina, South Australia store. Need it urgently or want to collect in person? Call us on 0412 532 984 before ordering.

Returns & Warranty

14-day change-of-mind returns — if it's not right or you ordered the wrong part, send it back within 14 days in new, unused condition for a refund or exchange. Manufacturer warranties apply to new parts. Full details in our Refunds & Returns policy.

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Ask us before you buy — we check part numbers and fitment every day. Call 0412 532 984 (Mon–Fri 8.30am–4.30pm) or message us through the contact page with your engine or vehicle details.

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