22697639 Cover | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta cover, part number 22697639. It closes an opening in the assembly, sealing it against leakage and keeping dirt and water out of what is behind it. Volvo Penta publishes no fitment, dimensions or assembly detail against this number, so check it against the parts list for your own engine before ordering.

⚙️ Key Features

• Genuine Volvo Penta cover
• Closes and seals an opening in the assembly
• No fitment or dimensions published against this number — check it against the parts list for your engine

🔌 Function

Closes an opening in the assembly, sealing it against leakage and keeping dirt and water out of what is behind it.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Oil or coolant weeping from the joint line, or a wet, dirt-caked film building up below it
• Dried crusty deposits or staining around the sealing face, showing a joint that has been seeping for some time
• Cracks, splits or impact damage to the cover, particularly around mounting holes and on plastic and cast alloy covers
• Fasteners found loose, or holes elongated and no longer holding the cover flat
• A gasket that has hardened, flattened or broken up on removal, or a flange face that no longer sits flat on a straight edge

🛠️ 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

📦 Condition

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