The Industrial Engine Experts
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Toyota: The Industrial Engine Experts A Proven Record of Success Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Co., Ltd. was established Toyota produces its first automobile engine Toyota begins manufacturing industrial engines The Toyota 4Y engine is introduced Toyota introduces the world’s cleanest I.C. lift truck, featuring a Toyota 4Y engine 1 Toyota has a strong history, starting in 1926 when Toyoda Automatic Loom Works Co., Ltd., now known as Toyota Industries Corporation, was established. Just eight years later Toyota’s first automobile engine was produced: the A-type. ff With more than 150 million engines produced since 1934, Toyota is certainly seasoned in producing quality engines — but not just for automobiles. Toyota Forklifts Introduced ff In 1956, Toyota began manufacturing engines for industrial usage, such as lift trucks. ff The success and reputation generated from these highly reliable engines served as the foundation for Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) not only becoming the nation’s No. 1 lift truck supplier since 2002, but also retaining that title for the last nine years running. ff Toyota is the world’s best-selling lift truck brand. Toyota’s highly reliable 4Y engine. The In 1986, Toyota introduced the 4Y industrial engine, which was designed specifically to meet the demands associated with heavy duty industrial applications. The high durability and reliability designed into the 4Y industrial engine made it a perfect match for other products, such as commercial vehicles, compressors, bus coolers and gas heat pumps. This lift truck has logged 35,843 hours3 at NTN Driveshaft, Inc. by hauling everything from sheet metal to the finished product in their assembly department. The automotive version of theToyota 4Y is featured in the Toyota Crown Sedan, a popular overseas taxi model, which annually averages more than 67,000 miles.2 ff Today, more than three million Toyota 4Y engines have been built. Jeffrey Anders, who handles maintenance for Metalcraft of Mayville in Wis., needed a lift truck to haul lumber around his nine-acre farm and purchased a 1989 Toyota forklift from his employer. When asked why he would buy a 20+ year old truck, with 47,000 hours3, his reply was: “I bought it simply because it was a Toyota. I’ve worked maintenance for 30+ years, and I’ve been at places where they have other brands of lift trucks. Toyotas are pretty much indestructible.” 1 All Toyota 8-Series models count as 0.6 g/bhp-hr (0.8 g/kW-hr) HC+NOx towards California’s end-user fleet average calculation—measures do not apply to diesel configured models Optimized engine longevity is best achieved when following the manufacturer’s suggested planned maintenance schedule.

The Toyota 4Y industrial engine is designed to run on gasoline and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), but also continues to hold claim of becoming the world’s first and only UL listed EPA and CARB certified engine to operate on a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuel system. ff The actual life cycle for most industrial lift truck engines today is between 10,000 to 20,000 hours (equivalent to 300,000-600,000 miles on a car). ff In the U.S., it is common to find Toyota lift trucks operating with 4Y engines that have more than 30,000 hours3(900,000 equivalent road miles), without a major overhaul. ff...