Engine codes[edit]

Toyota Motor Corporation has produced a wide variety of automobile engines. The company
follows a simple naming system for their modern engines:

1. The first numeric characters specify the engine block's generation

2. The next one or two letters specify the engine family
3. The suffix (separated by a dash) specifies the features of the engine:

Suffix Feature
A Valvematic variable lift intake head
Twin SU-style side-draft carburetors
B
After 2000 indicates E85 Ethanol fuel.[citation needed]
C Carbureted / California Emissions Controlled
D Twin downdraft carburetors
E Electronic fuel injection
F Economy narrow-angle valve DOHC
G Performance wide-angle valve DOHC
High compression
H
High pressure charged (example : 2L-THE)
I Single-point fuel injection
J Autochoke (Early models) or unknown pollution control
L Transverse
M Philippines' market (meaning unknown)
N CNG fuel
P LPG fuel
R Low Compression (For 87 and below octane fuel)
S Swirl intake (1980s)
SE D-4 Gasoline direct injection (1990s)
T Turbocharged
U With Catalytic converter Japan-spec emissions
V Common Rail Diesel Injection (D-4D)
Atkinson cycle (typically also indicates a Hybrid engine, as Toyota only uses the
X
Atkinson cycle with hybrids)
Z Supercharged

Note: Other manufacturers may modify the engine after it has left the Toyota factory but the
engine still keeps the original Toyota designation. For example, Lotus added a supercharger to
the 2ZZ-GE in some versions of the Lotus Elise and Exige but it is still labelled 2ZZ-GE, not
2ZZ-GZE.
For Example

 4A-GE

4 – 4th generation engine in the A engine family

A – The Engine Family it is in
G – Wide-angle dual camshaft
E – Electronically Fuel Injected

 22R-TEC

22 – 22nd Generation Engine In The R Engine Family

R – The Engine Family it is in
T – Turbocharged
E – Electronically Fuel Injected
C – California Emission Controlled

The use of "G" to denote twin cam engines was decided on in 1971, with the renaming of the
10R into 8R-G. Before, twin cams had received new numerical codes.[1]

 Note: Toyota, in 1987, began assigning dual letter engine codes to some of the "engine
family" categories in some engine lines, particularly six cylinder models. This can create
potential confusion. E.g. 1MZ-FE – This is not a supercharged, narrow angle, fuel
injected M-series engine, but a narrow angle, fuel injected MZ-series engine. Confusion
is easiest to avoid when using the dash to separate between the engine series and its own
characteristics: for instance, 1MZ-FE rather than 1M-ZFE.

Gasoline/Petrol[edit]
Flat-twin or Flat-four[edit]

 1961 – U
o 1961–1966 – 0.7 L (697 cc) U
o 1965–1969 – 0.8 L (790 cc) 2U
o 1966–1976 – 0.8 L (790 cc) 2U-B
o 2011- 2.0 L (1998 cc) 4U-GSE

Straight-3[edit]

 2004 – KR – DOHC
o 2004 – 1.0 L (998 cc) 1KR

Straight-4[edit]

 1939 – Type C – OHV

 o 1939–1941 – 2.3 L (2259 cc) C
 1947 – Type S – SV
o 1947–1959 – 1.0 L (995 cc) S
 1953 – R – OHV/SOHC/DOHC
o 1953–1964 – 1.5 L (1453 cc) R
o 1964–1969 – 1.5 L (1490 cc) 2R
o 1959–1968 – 1.9 L (1897 cc) 3R
o 1965–1968 – 1.6 L (1587 cc) 4R
o 1968–1986 – 2.0 L (1994 cc) 5R
o 1969–1974 – 1.7 L (1707 cc) 6R
o 1968–1970 – 1.6 L (1591 cc) 7R
o 1968–1972 – 1.9 L (1858 cc) 8R
o 1967–1968 – 1.6 L (1587 cc) 9R
o 1968–1971 – 1.9 L (1858 cc) 10R
o 1969–1988 – 1.6 L (1587 cc) 12R
o 1974–1980 – 1.8 L (1808 cc) 16R
o 1971–1982 – 2.0 L (1968 cc) 18R
o 1975–1977 – 2.0 L (1968 cc) 19R
o 1974–1980 – 2.2 L (2189 cc) 20R
o 1978–1987 – 2.0 L (1972 cc) 21R
o 1980–1995 – 2.4 L (2366 cc) 22R
 1959 – P
o 1959–1961 – 1.0 L (997 cc) P
o 1961–1972 – 1.2 L (1198 cc) 2P
o 1972–1979 – 1.3 L (1345 cc) 3P
 1966 – K – OHV
o 1966–1969 – 1.1 L (1077 cc) K
o 1969–1988 – 1.0 L (993 cc) 2K
o 1969–1979 – 1.2 L (1166 cc) 3K
o 1978–1989 – 1.3 L (1290 cc) 4K
o 1983–1989 – 1.5 L (1496 cc) 5K
o 1998–1998 – 1.8 L (1781 cc) 7K
 1970 – T – OHV/DOHC
o 1970–1979 – 1.4 L (1407 cc) T
o 1970–1985 – 1.6 L (1588 cc) 2T
o 1977–1985 – 1.8 L (1770 cc) 3T
o 1970–1983 – 1.6 L (1588 cc) 12T
o 1977–1982 – 1.8 L (1770 cc) 13T
 1978 – A – SOHC/DOHC
o 1978–1979 – 1.5 L (1452 cc) 1A
o 1979–1986 – 1.3 L (1295 cc) 2A
o 1979–1988 – 1.5 L (1452 cc) 3A
o 1979–1998 – 1.6 L (1587 cc) 4A
o 1987–1998 – 1.5 L (1498 cc) 5A
o 1989–1992 – 1.4 L (1397 cc) 6A
o 1993–1998 – 1.8 L (1762 cc) 7A
 o 2004 – 1.3 L (1342 cc) 8A
 1982 – S – SOHC/DOHC
o 1982–1988 – 1.8 L (1832 cc) 1S
o 1982–1987 – 2.0 L (1995 cc) 2S
o 1985–2005 – 2.0 L (1998 cc) 3S
o 1987–1998 – 1.8 L (1838 cc) 4S
o 1990–2001 – 2.2 L (2164 cc) 5S
 1982 – Y – OHV
o 1982 – 1.6 L (1626 cc) 1Y
o 1982 – 1.8 L (1812 cc) 2Y
o 1982–1998 – 2.0 L (1998 cc) 3Y
o 1985–1993 – 2.2 L (2237 cc) 4Y
 1985 – E – SOHC/DOHC
o 1985–1994 – 1.0 L (999 cc) 1E
o 1985–1998 – 1.3 L (1295 cc) 2E
o 1986–1994 – 1.5 L (1456 cc) 3E
o 1989–1998 – 1.3 L (1331 cc) 4E
o 1991–1999 – 1.5 L (1497 cc) 5E
 1990 – TZ – DOHC
o 1990–2000 – 2.4 L (2438 cc) 2TZ
 1997 – ZZ – DOHC
o 1997–2007 – 1.8 L (1794 cc) 1ZZ
o 1999–2006 – 1.8 L (1796 cc) 2ZZ
o 2000 – 1.6 L (1598 cc) 3ZZ
o 2000 – 1.4 L (1398 cc) 4ZZ
 1989 – RZ – SOHC/DOHC
o 1989 – 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1RZ
o 1989 – 2.4 L (2400 cc) 2RZ
o 1995 – 2.7 L (2693 cc) 3RZ
 1999 – SZ – DOHC (by Daihatsu)
o 1999 – 1 L (997 cc) 1SZ
o ? – 1.3 L (1298 cc) 2SZ
o 2006 – 1.5 L (1495 cc) 3SZ
 1997 – NZ – DOHC
o 1997 – 1.5 L (1497 cc) 1NZ
o 1999 – 1.3 L (1298 cc) 2NZ
 2000 – AZ – DOHC
o 2000 – 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1AZ
o 2000 – 2.4 L (2362 cc) 2AZ
 2003 – TR – DOHC
o 2003 – 2.0 L (1998 cc) 1TR
o 2003 – 2.7 L (2694 cc) 2TR
 2007 – ZR – DOHC
o 2007 – 1.6 L (1598 cc) 1ZR
o 2007 – 1.8 L (1797 cc) 2ZR
o 2007 – 2.0 L (1986 cc) 3ZR
  2008 – NR – DOHC
o 2008 – 1.33 L (1329 cc) 1NR
o 2010 – 1.5 L (1496 cc) 2NR
o 2011 – 1.2 L (1197 cc) 3NR
 2009 – AR – DOHC
o 2009 – 2.7 L 1AR
o 2009 – 2.5 L 2AR

Straight-6[edit]

 1935 – Type A – OHV

o 1935–1947 – 3.4 L (3389 cc) A
 1937 – Type B – OHV
o 1937-1955 – 3.4 L (3389 cc) B
 1955 – F – OHV
o 1955–1975 – 3.9 L (3878 cc) F
o 1975–1987 – 4.2 L (4230 cc) 2F
o 1985–1992 – 4.0 L (3956 cc) 3F
 1965 – M – SOHC/DOHC
o 1965–1985 – 2.0 L (1988 cc) M
o 1966–1972 – 2.3 L (2253 cc) 2M
o 1966–1971 – 2.0 L (1988 cc) 3M
o 1972–1980 – 2.6 L (2563 cc) 4M
o 1979–1988 – 2.8 L (2759 cc) 5M
o 1984–1987 – 3.0 L (2954 cc) 6M
o 1986–1992 – 3.0 L (2954 cc) 7M
 1979 – G – SOHC/DOHC
o 1979–2006 – 2.0 L (1988 cc) 1G
 1990 – JZ – DOHC
o 1990–2006 – 2.5 L (2491 cc) 1JZ
o 1993–2006 – 3.0 L (2997 cc) 2JZ
 1993 – FZ – DOHC
o 1993–2007 – 4.5 L (4477 cc) 1FZ

V6[edit]

 1987 – VZ – DOHC/SOHC
o 1987–1993 – 2.0 L (1992 cc) 1VZ
o 1987–1991 – 2.5 L (2496 cc) 2VZ
o 1987–1997 – 3.0 L (2958 cc) 3VZ
o 1993–1998 – 2.5 L (2496 cc) 4VZ
o 1995–2004 – 3.4 L (3378 cc) 5VZ
 1994 – MZ – DOHC
o 1994 – 3.0 L (2995 cc) 1MZ
o 1998 – 2.5 L (2496 cc) 2MZ
o 2003 – 3.3 L (3310 cc) 3MZ
  2003 – GR – DOHC
o 2002 – 4.0 L (3955 cc) 1GR
o 2006 – 3.5 L (3456 cc) 2GR
o 2003 – 3.0 L (2994 cc) 3GR
o 2006 – 2.5 L (2499 cc) 4GR
o 2005 – 2.5 L (2497 cc) 5GR

V8[edit]

 1963 – V – OHV
o 1963–1967 – 2.6 L (2,599 cc) V
o 1967–1973 – 3.0 L (2,981 cc) 3V
o 1973–1983 – 3.4 L (3,376 cc) 4V
o 1983–1998 – 4.0 L (3,995 cc) 5V
 1989 – UZ – DOHC
o 1989–2002 – 4.0 L (3,969 cc) 1UZ
o 1998–2009 – 4.7 L (4,663 cc) 2UZ
o 2000–2010 – 4.3 L (4,300 cc) 3UZ
 2006 – UR – DOHC
o 2006 – 4.6 L (4,608 cc) 1UR
o 2007 – 5.0 L (4,969 cc) 2UR
o 2007 – 5.7 L (5,663 cc) 3UR
 2003 – RV8
o 2003 – 4.0 L
o 2006 – 4.0 L RV8J
o 2011 – 3.4 L RV8KLM

V10[edit]

 2010 – LR – DOHC/VVT-i
o 2010–2012 – 4.8 L (4,805 cc) 1LR-GUE

V12[edit]

 1997 – GZ – DOHC
o 1997 – 5.0 L (4,996 cc) 1GZ-FE