Also known as: 1gd-ftv, 2gd-ftv, 2.8 d-4d, 2.4 d-4d, gd engine, global diesel, 1gd, 2gd
The KD family's replacement — 2.4 and 2.8 litre common-rail diesels with a variable-nozzle turbocharger, fitted to the current Hilux, Fortuner and Land Cruiser Prado.
The engines carry a full modern emissions stack including a particulate filter, and that is where their characteristic complaint comes from: in markets and duty cycles dominated by low-speed work, the filter cannot complete regeneration, soot accumulates, and the result is a cascade of pressure and temperature codes plus in some cases oil dilution from repeated post-injection. Toyota issued software updates addressing exactly this on early examples, so the calibration level is a legitimate diagnostic question.
Oil dilution is worth understanding rather than dismissing: fuel entering the sump during failed regeneration raises the level and thins the oil, which then damages bearings. A rising oil level on a 1GD is a fault report, not a mistake at the last service.
Cars fitted with this engine
3 generations, across 1 make. From the authored catalogue — an absent car means the catalogue has not reached it, not that the engine was never fitted.
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