3838332 Insert | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta insert from the Cooling System group, weighing 5.09 kg and listed for 10 applications across the D and MD engine series.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta D5A-B TA
• Volvo Penta D5A-T
• Volvo Penta D5A-TA
• Volvo Penta D7A-B TA
• Volvo Penta D7A-T
• Volvo Penta D7A-TA
• Volvo Penta D7C-B TA
• Volvo Penta D7C-TA
• Volvo Penta MD2010
• Volvo Penta MD2010B

• Engine Family: D, MD

⚙️ Key Features

• 5.09 kg
• 10 applications across D and MD series
• Cooling System group
• Serviceable internal core

🔌 Function

Forms the internal core or tube stack that sits inside a cooling housing, providing the surface across which heat is exchanged.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Coolant temperature rising under load despite normal water flow
• Coolant and seawater mixing, or oil traces in the coolant
• Salt or scale blocking the tube ends, seen as reduced flow
• Corrosion pitting or a split tube, showing as a pressure loss
• Debris from a broken impeller lodged in the core face

🛠️ Service Notes

• Inserts 3838408 at 12.54 kg and 3838411 at 16.17 kg are the larger cores in this section — check the housing and application before ordering
• Renew every o-ring, sealing ring and end cover gasket with the insert
• Pressure test the assembly after fitting rather than relying on a visual check

📦 Condition

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