Exhibit 23.1

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Shelf
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-74661) and related prospectus for
the registration of $2.5 billion of its common stock, debt securities and
preferred stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports
dated: February 3, 1999, except for Note 23, as to which the date is February
24, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Federal-Mogul Corporation; January 29, 1999 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements of Federal-Mogul Ignition Company (and the Cooper
Automotive division of Cooper Industries, Inc., its predecessor); January 29,
1999 with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Federal-Mogul
Products, Inc. (and the Moog Automotive division of Cooper Industries, Inc., its
predecessor); and February 12, 1999 with respect to the financial statements of
Federal-Mogul Aviation, Inc. (and Champion Aviation, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cooper Industries, Inc., its predecessor), all of which are included in its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998; to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated October 1, 1998, with
respect to the combined financial statements of the Cooper Automotive and Moog
Automotive Divisions of Cooper Industries, Inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 1996
and for the three years then ended, included in Federal-Mogul Corporation's Form
8-K/A dated November 24, 1998; and to the incorporation by reference therein of
our report dated February 13, 1998 with respect to the financial statements of
The Operating Businesses of the Fel-Pro Group included in Federal-Mogul
Corporation's Form 8-K/A dated April 7, 1998, all filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.



                                    /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Detroit, Michigan
April 21, 1999