Toyota 2KD and 2KD-FTV: read the suffix before you quote.

The short answer

2KD is the engine family designation. 2KD-FTV is the designation Toyota uses for the common-rail turbo diesel version of that family: four cylinders, DOHC 16 valves, direct injection, turbocharged, 2,494 cc, bore and stroke 92.0 x 93.8 mm, compression ratio 17.4:1. A listing that says only 2KD does not by itself establish that any of this applies to the unit offered.

Toyota's published rating for that version is 88 kW (120 hp) at 3,600 rpm and 325 Nm at 2,000 rpm. Those numbers belong to the market and model year the document covers, not to every 2KD ever built.

Why the figures differ between sources

The same designation can be rated differently in different markets, model years and applications, and the emission step fitted changes with them. A figure copied from one market's brochure is a starting point for a question, not a specification for a used unit. The only rating that matters for a purchase is the one recorded on the unit's plate or in the documents that travel with it, confirmed against the configuration actually fitted.

Keeping 1KD beside 2KD is the fastest way to catch a listing that mixes the two: same document, same layout, different displacement and different rating.

Confirm on the unit, not on the listing

Four checks separate a documented unit from a described one:

• Nameplate. Record the full designation and serial number as stamped. Where the plate or accompanying documents carry a power rating, record that rating too: it is the only figure you can defend in a quotation.
• Suffix. A unit offered as 2KD without a suffix may be a different configuration. Ask the seller to photograph the stamping rather than repeat the listing title.
• Fuel and air hardware. The common-rail turbo version carries a high-pressure common-rail system and a turbocharger. If either is absent or has been changed, the unit is not the configuration the code suggests.
• Application evidence. The vehicle or equipment plate, if present, fixes the original application and model year better than any title.

Parts, condition and quantity

Two units with the same code can differ in what is included and what has been tested. Before comparing prices, establish:

• whether it is a bare engine, a long block or a complete assembly, and which accessories are included
• what was inspected, and what the inspection result was, in writing
• whether the injection system, turbocharger and ECU travel with the unit
• how many units of the same configuration are actually available, since a mixed batch complicates both inspection and loading

For the component-scope question itself, the engine only versus complete assembly checklist covers the wording to use.

Send these details for a wholesale quote

Availability, configuration and price are confirmed per request against the unit actually offered. To make quotations comparable, send:

• the full code and suffix as read from the nameplate, plus a photo of the plate
• application, model year and the transmission it must mate with
• the power rating recorded on the unit or its documents, if any
• required accessories and whether the injection system, turbocharger and ECU must be included
• quantity, destination port and any inspection you require

This page is a technical reference. It is not an offer of stock, it states no availability for any specific unit, and it makes no claim that one designation can be substituted for another. For the model reference itself, see Toyota 2KD; for family context, Toyota engine references.

Sources

Figures for 2KD-FTV and 1KD-FTV: Toyota model information for the Hilux, published on Toyota's Danish model information site (modelinformation.toyota.dk), retrieved 20 October 2026. Those are the manufacturer's published values for the market and model year covered by that document; other markets, years and applications can carry different ratings.