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Toyota Hilux Engine

The Toyota Hilux engine has gone through many changes over the course of the vehicle's lifetime. Or rather, the Toyota Hilux has gone through many engines over the course of its lifetime. Starting in 1968 with a 1.5L inline 4-cylinder through present day's 4.0L V6, the Toyota Hilux engine has been the heart of all the utes for which it was placed in.

Toyota Hilux Engine QuickLINKS

  1. Toyota Engine Families
  2. Toyota R Engine
  3. Toyota VZ Engine
  4. Toyota RZ Engine

Toyota Engine Families

Understanding the naming conventions Toyota used for their engines.

Toyota engines evolved over the years, and as newer technologies became available or a new Toyota model was released, then it's possible that a new engine or a new generation of an existing engine were used with it.

The Toyota Hilux has been factory outfitted with the R, RZ, VZ, L, GR, KD, and KZ family of engines. This may sound confusing because those letters don't abbreviate anything specific. They were the designated letter codes that Toyota engineers came up with. This article will explain what those letter codes means and the Hilux (or Pickup or Tacoma) that the engine is found in.

Toyota R Engine

2R, 3R, 8R, 12R, 18R, 20R, and 22R

The R was the original Toyota Hilux engine (2R to be exact). The Toyota R family were a series of inline 4-cylinder petrol (gasoline) engines used in the Hilux from 1968 through 1995.

Toyota VZ Engine

3VZ and 5VZ

The VZ was used as a Toyota Hilux engine from 1988 to 2005. The Toyota VZ family were a series of V6 petrol (gasoline).

Toyota RZ Engine

2RZ and 3RZ

The RZ was the Toyota Hilux engine from 1995 through present day. The Toyota RZ family were a series of inline 4-cylinder petrol (gasoline) engines.

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