977640 3-Way Nipple | Genuine Volvo Penta Part

🔧 Product Description

Genuine Volvo Penta three-way nipple weighing 0.057 kg and listed for 16 applications across TD, TAD and TAMD engines. The three-way form is what separates it from the plain and elbow nipples listed here — no thread sizes are published, so match the port count and order by part number.

🚤 Compatibility

Typically suits:

• Volvo Penta TD164KAE
• Volvo Penta TAD1631GE
• Volvo Penta TAD1640VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1641VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1642VE-B
• Volvo Penta TAD1641VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1642VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1643VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1660-62VE
• Volvo Penta TAD1662VE EU5
• Volvo Penta TAMD163P-A
• Volvo Penta TAMD165A
• Volvo Penta TAMD165C
• Volvo Penta TAMD165P
• Volvo Penta TAD1631G
• Volvo Penta TAD1640-42VE-C

• Engine Family: TD, TAD, TAMD

⚙️ Key Features

• Three-way form — three connections at one fitting
• Fits 16 applications across TD, TAD and TAMD engines
• 0.057 kg
• No published thread sizes

🔌 Function

Splits or joins a fluid line at a single fitting, giving three connections where a plain nipple gives two.

⚠️ Common Signs of Failure

• Weeping at one or more of the three unions
• Thread damaged or cross-started on any leg
• Hexagon flats rounded
• Corrosion or pitting on a sealing face
• Pressure loss or a soft gauge reading traced back to the branch fitting

🛠️ Service Notes

• Elbow nipple 977641 and the plain nipples in this listing are different shapes at similar weights — order by the fitting form you need, not by mass
• Support the body when tightening a leg so the other two unions are not twisted

📦 Condition

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