TECNOPARTInternational Co., Ltd.
TECNOPARTInternational Co., Ltd.
If you service HINO trucks or Kobelco excavators, you have met codes like J08C, EH700 or K13C stamped on a block and had to work out what they are before you can order anything. The codes are not random. Once you can read them, identifying an engine takes seconds.
A HINO engine code is a letter for the family, a number for the rough displacement, and a letter for the generation or aspiration. J08C is the J family, roughly 8 litres, third revision. J08E is the same size in the later, common-rail generation. Once you know that, an unfamiliar code is usually still readable — A09C tells you A family, about 9 litres, before you look anything up.
| Family | Cyl | Displacement | Power | Years | Typical applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W04D / W06E | 4 / 6 | 4.0–5.8 L | 95–175 hp | 1980–2000 | Dutro, early Ranger, excavators, gensets |
| H06C / H07C / H07D | 6 | 6.5–7.0 L | 150–200 hp | 1985–2003 | Ranger, Liesse bus, Kobelco excavators |
| EK100 / EH700 | 6 | 7.0–10.0 L | 210–300 hp | 1970–1995 | Ranger, Super Dolphin, buses |
| EF550 / EF750 | V8 | 13.3–16.7 L | 300–380 hp | 1980–1995 | Super Dolphin, early Profia |
| J05C / J07C / J08C | 4 / 6 | 4.6–7.9 L | 130–240 hp | 1995–2005 | Dutro, Ranger, Kobelco SK200 |
| J05E / J07E / J08E | 4 / 6 | 5.1–7.7 L | 150–260 hp | 2003– | Hino 300/500, Kobelco, Toyota Dyna |
| K13C / K13D / K13E | 6 | 12.9 L | 280–380 hp | 1990–2005 | Profia, Blue Ribbon bus, excavators |
| F17C / F20C / F21C | 6 | 16.7–21.2 L | 350–520 hp | 1990–2005 | Profia, heavy Super Dolphin |
| P11C | 6 | 10.5 L | 320–420 hp | 2003– | Hino 700, buses, construction plant |
| E13C | 6 | 12.9 L | 380–520 hp | 2003– | Hino 700 Profia, heavy haulage |
| A05C / A09C | 4 / 6 | 5.1–8.9 L | 180–360 hp | 2016– | Hino 500/700 latest, Isuzu Erga bus |
A HINO engine code does not tell you the vehicle. The same J08C sits in a Ranger truck and in a Kobelco SK200 excavator, and the J05E turns up in a Toyota Dyna. Order against the engine code, not the machine — a "parts for a Dyna" request is ambiguous in a way that "parts for a J05E" is not.
The reverse also bites: one machine model can span two engine generations. A Ranger from the 1990s is an EK100 or H07C; a Ranger from the 2010s is a J08E. If the year is near a changeover, read the block.
On most HINO diesels it is on a machined pad on the side of the block, usually above the oil cooler or near the injection pump, as a serial preceded by the family code. If the pad is painted or corroded, the injection pump data plate normally carries it too.
Across the Tecnopart catalogue the HINO codes with the deepest coverage are J08C, EH700, EK100, H07C and EF750 — the older workhorses that are still earning their keep in Southeast Asia and Africa, where a 25-year-old Ranger is a working truck rather than a museum piece. Newer J08E, J05E and P11C coverage is growing.
Search any of these codes in our catalogue and you will get the parts that carry that engine reference, with OE and interchange numbers alongside.