3818650 Gear Housing | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta gear housing from the Marine Propulsion group, weighing 14.969 kg and listed for 2 applications across DP and SX series drives. It supersedes part number 3812081, catalogued earlier simply as a housing.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta DP-SMTD3
• Volvo Penta SX-MTD3

• Engine Family: DP, SX

⚙️ Key Features

• 14.969 kg
• 2 applications across DP and SX series
• Supersedes 3812081, previously listed as a housing
• Heavy drive casting at nearly 15 kg on a narrow fitment

🔌 Function

Houses and locates the gears, bearings and shafts of the drive, holding their alignment and containing their lubricating oil.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Oil weeping from a joint face or a seal position
• Water or milky oil in the drive
• Whine or rumble that changes with load or direction
• Bearing bores worn, scored or turned blue on strip-down
• Cracks around a fixing or at a bearing boss

🛠️ Service Notes

• Renew all bearings, seals and gaskets when transferring the internals into a new housing
• Check the gears and shafts for the damage that a failed housing or bearing will have caused
• Heavy item - support it during assembly and allow for freight handling

🔄 Supersession & Cross Reference

OEM Supersession Chain

• 3818650 → Supersedes 3812081

OEM / Related Numbers

• 3812081 earlier number superseded by this part

📦 Condition

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