Vehicle
JAC T8
The one-tonne pickup, sold across Latin America, the Middle East and Africa and working for a living almost everywhere it goes. Its diesel is a common-rail four with Bosch injection equipment, which is the useful fact: Bosch's own component data and test procedures apply to the injectors and the high-pressure pump regardless of what the engine is badged as, and are far more accessible than anything published by the maker. The recurring faults are those of any hard-worked diesel pickup — turbocharger vanes sticking with soot, injector return-flow revealing a leaking nozzle before any code appears, and a fuel-filter water sensor that corrodes and reports permanently.
Generations
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T6 2015–2018
The original pickup with Bosch common-rail diesels, whose component data applies where the maker's does not.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- JAC T-series
- Engines
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- 2.0 turbo diesel — 4DB2-1D1 · diesel · Bosch common rail
- 2.0 turbo four-cylinder — petrol
- 1.9 turbo — D19TCID7 · diesel
- 2.8 turbo — 4DA1-1 · diesel
- 2.8 turbo — 4DA1-2C · diesel
- 2.0 — 4GA3-3D · petrol
- Transmissions
- 5-speed manual · 6-speed manual
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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T8 2018–present
The larger truck, with the 2.5 diesel and a fuel-filter water sensor that corrodes and then reports permanently.
- Body styles
- Pickup
- Platform
- JAC T-series
- Engines
-
- 2.0 turbo diesel — diesel · Bosch common rail
- 2.5 turbo diesel — diesel · Bosch common rail
- 2.8 turbo — JE493ZLQ6E · diesel
- 2.0 — LJ481Q6 · petrol
- 2.0 turbo — 4GA3-4D · petrol
- 2.4 turbo — 4K22D4T · petrol
- Transmissions
- 6-speed manual · 8-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Part-time four-wheel drive with low range
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