3861266 Camshaft | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta camshaft from the Engine group, weighing 5.443 kg and listed for 36 applications in the DPX family. Camshaft 3861265 is the near-identical alternative at 5.330 kg with 60 applications, so the application list and part number are what separate them.

🚤 Compatibility

• Engine Family: DPX

Full model list at the end of this description.

⚙️ Key Features

• 5.443 kg
• Engine group
• Listed for 36 applications in the DPX family
• Sibling camshaft 3861265 is only 113 grams lighter

🔌 Function

Carries the lobes that lift the pushrods in the right order and at the right timing to open the valves.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Rough running or a misfire that does not move with the plug leads
• Loss of power across the range
• Lobes worn flat, pitted or scuffed
• Journals scored or the bearings worn
• Metal flakes in the oil or on the filter

🛠️ Service Notes

• Renew the lifters and check the pushrods when a camshaft is changed
• The two camshafts here are within 113 grams of each other — order on the application, not the weight
• Prime the lobes and journals with clean oil and follow the run-in guidance in the workshop manual

📦 Condition

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

🔎 Full Model Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta 8.1GSi-A, 8.1GSiI-A, 8.1GXi-A, 8.1GXi-AF, 8.1GXi-B, 8.1GXi-BF, 8.1GXi-C, 8.1GXi-CF, 8.1GXi-D, 8.1GXi-DF, 8.1GXi-E, 8.1GXi-EF, 8.1GXiE-JF, 8.1GXiE-J, 8.1GXiE-K, 8.1GXiE-KF, 8.1GXiE-M, 8.1GXi-MF, 8.1GXiE-P, 8.1GXi-F, 8.1GXi-FF, 8.1GXi-G, 8.1GXi-GF, 8.1GXiI-A, 8.1GXiI-B, 8.1GXiI-C, 8.1GXiI-D, 8.1GXiI-E, 8.1GXiI-F, 8.1GXiI-G, 8.1GXi-J, 8.1GXi-JF
• Volvo Penta DPX420-CF, DPX420-A, DPX420-B, DPX420-BF