2.2 DIESEL D4D , D-CAT fuel injectors and difference.

Thanks for the feedback,
what about the D4D engines , is that a viable solution instead of the D-CAT engine?
Also, is there any chance to get a D4D engine on an automatic transmission?
thanks

You have to keep in mind that vehicle specifications vary with territory. Even within Europe, they vary from country to country. In Europe it's usually mostly trim differences, however what may be "true" for one area, isn't necessarily true for a vehicle sourced in another area/territory.

Anyway, with respect to UK 4.3 models (and if I remember correctly):

2006 to approx 2009 registration years in UK (production start 11/2005):
D4D manual was a 130hp lump with "normal" solenoid based injectors (I know, I owned one). (XT3,XT4,XT5 models).
DCAT manual was the 180hp lump with piezo based injectors, DPF and 5th injector. This was the T180 model. Piezo injectors generally give more precise fuelling timings/quantities.
It's sort of essentially the same engine block used for both of the above.
This model era was the one that suffered most from premature oil burning issues and Toyota had to replace a LOT of engines under warranty.
I may be wrong, but in the UK I don't think there was a diesel auto at this point (I seem to remember forum whinges about the lack of a diesel auto)

2009 onwards (production from 11/2008)
The engine was significantly reworked. The "T180" was dropped.
Manuals essentially became a 150hp unit. Injectors became piezo based but manuals had no DPF or fifth injector at this point, at least in the UK (I know, I owned one).
Oil burning issues were significantly addressed.

There was a face-lift not long after (production start 02/2010, which would have trickled through to sales later in 2010 in the UK).

This is where it gets a bit hazy for me. I can't remember if the manuals ever got the DPF in the UK or when the diesel auto was introduced, but I'm fairly certain all autos in the UK were "150" "DCAT" engines with DPF, piezo and 5th injectors.

Kev's (and Don's) late 2012 auto I'm sure was the above "150" DPF configuration.

The definite data is on www.toyota-tech.eu/. Register, pay a few euros and do the leg work wading through the data. The "New car Features" documents are usually informative. However it won't necessarily state what configurations were sold in which countries. Otherwise maybe attempt to find pdf copies of the sales brochures. I'm fairly certain for all 4.3 models, UK pdf brochures were available.

Personally, I'd think long and hard about buying anything before 11/2008 production (but then it's a 10+ years old car anyway).

Yeah, that's true, nobody/no one has.



A while back I fixed the GF's mother's car. It was a bit long in the tooth. The garage said it was not fixable and if they couldn't fix it, then nobody could. I therefore got christened "Mr Nobody". The above confirms the name is appropriate.

(The sun has also shone out of my posterior since).

According to the Honest John site folk report between 26 and 40 mpg for a D-CAT auto of that period - so your 25 mpg seems a little low. That said your "couple of months" are presumably December and January - assuming that you are in the northern hemisphere that would be mid winter. Actual fuel economy is very dependent upon the weather and journey profile and a long journey at say 90-100 kph in the spring or autumn months would return much better figures that a series of short journeys in the winter.