D4204T5 Engine
D4204T5 Engine
D4204T5 Engine
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Component location
Cooling system
Direct injection
Exhaust after-treatment
Fuel system
Intake and exhaust system
Lubricating and oil system
Timing gear
Valve system and timing gear
Variable oil pump
Volvo's new Drive-E engines
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1. Vacuum regulator
2. Turbocharger (TC)
3. Resonator
4. Catalytic converter
Engine components
1. Cylinder head cover
2. Cylinder head
Chill cast cylinder head and die cast
camshaft bearing housing, both
made of a light metal alloy.
3. Intermediate section
Manufactured in press cast
aluminium alloy. The crankshaft
bearing caps are cast in the piece.
The cover is made of cast iron.
4. Oil sump
Made of die cast aluminium alloy.
1. Cylinder block
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2. Base plate
3. Cast iron liner
4. Aluminium coating
5. Cast steel liner
reinforcements
Overview
Volvo's new Drive-E engines
share many common engine
parts such as crankshafts, oil
pump, sump, alternator, AC-
compressor, etc. Other parts are
similar, such as the engine block
and the balance module of the
motors.
Engine weight
Both Volvo's diesel and petrol
engines have high pressure cast
connecting rods. The engine's
base plate has cast steel linings
and cast iron reinforcements.
Diesel and petrol engine blocks
are identical, except for the
higher height of the block and
the heavier cast steel liner for
the diesel engine. The casting
method combined with unique
design gives a strong
construction for light weight.
Only two engine block variants
are needed, with the main
bearing diameter as the only
difference. The transition to the
new Drive-E engines has given a
weight saving of 30-50kg.
Engine friction
To minimize bearing sizes, the
crankshaft is made of forged
steel. The base plate's alignment
to the engine block has been
improved with new patented
position wedges. This has led to
improved straightness and
roundness of the main bearings.
The piston diameter is minimized
by use of a fixed bushing. The
different petrol engine variants
have similar pistons, only the
machining of the piston top is
different for different
compression ratios. Petrol
engines with lower power have a
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gasoline
The petrol engines have a
proven, direct action valve
system (VVT) with service free
DLC-coated mechanical tappets
and phases on the intake and
exhaust camshaft. The camshaft
front bearing is a roller bearing
to reduce friction. The camshafts
are made of cast iron which is
the best material for use in
combination with sliding contact
with the DLC coated tappet.
Diesel
In order to handle a cylinder
pressure of 190 bar and high
power, the diesel engine has a
new heat treatment to improve
material strength and
temperature range. The diesel
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Cylinder head
The cylinder head of the diesel engine
D4204T5 has separate camshaft covers,
similar to the five cylinder diesel engine.
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Intermediate section
For improved strength and stability and to
ensure roundness when the
block/intermediate section's main bearing
seats are machined, the cast iron main
bearing caps (5 pcs) are cast in the piece.
RTV is used as sealing agent between the
cylinder block and intermediate section.
Matching
Each main bearing cap has a lug that
sticks up on top of the intermediate
section. Before the block and intermediate
section are jointly machined, the sections
are screwed together, which creates a
groove in the block at each bearing cap.
The grooves create a unique pattern for
the block that ensures better attachment
of the parts in-between compared to
previous systems with locating pins. The
block and intermediate section are then
even easier to take apart.
Crank system
The crank system in the new engine
family is largely the same whether in a
petrol or a diesel engine. The same
crankshaft is used for all variants, while
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Pistons
The diesel pistons differ in height and
shape from those in a petrol engine and
have cut outs in the tops.
The piston is cast of a light metal alloy of
mainly aluminium and silicon. The top ring
groove is protected with a cast iron ring
carrier to handle the high pressure the
piston is subjected to. On the upper side
there is a cut out for inlet and exhaust
valves.
To control the temperature of the piston
there is adjustable piston cooling which is
controlled by oil pressure. How much
cooling is activated is controlled by a
model that is calibrated for optimal fuel
consumption and low emissions. To
minimise wear and friction:
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Crankshaft
The crankshaft is made of forged steel
and has induction hardened bearing
surfaces. The crankshaft has five bearings
with a main bearing diameter of 60mm.
The upper bearing half on main bearing
number 4 also acts as a thrust bearing so-
called 180° bearing. The thrust washer is
larger than usual to maintain the bearing
surface with only one thrust washer. A
gear is shrunk onto the crankshaft
between cylinders 3 and 4. The gear
drives the balancer shafts. In front of
main bearing no. 1 is a gear to drive the
oil pump. The crankshaft has a vibration
damper positioned in the front pulley. The
crankshaft weight is 15.2 kg excluding
gears.
Balancer shaft
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Vibration damper
The task of the vibration damper is to
offset the crankshaft's oscillations, using a
rubber-suspended mass. The construction
consists of two metal parts with a
determined mass, which is bonded in an
intermediate section of rubber of which
the inner part is rigidly mounted against
the crankshaft. The damping effect is
determined by the rubber shim's hardness
and the rotating mass.
1. Mass
2. Rubber
3. Hub
4. Transport rivets
Variants
Volvo's Drive-E engines have two variants
of vibration damper that differ regarding
weight and appearance. The difference can
be seen by looking at the width of the
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Releaser
A four cylinder engine has two ignition
pulses per crankshaft revolution. These
give rise to a frequency that is forwarded
through the crankshaft to crankshaft's
outer pulley. The releaser is used as a
filter, with the task of isolating the
auxiliaries' inertia from the from engine's
pulsations. Reduced irregularity in the
pulley rotation extends the service life of
the component parts such as drive belt,
tensioner etc. In addition, the tensioner's
spring force is reduced, which contributes
to reduced fuel consumption.
1. Pulley.
2. Housing
3. Springs
4. Armature
Function
Inside the releaser, a spring assembly
takes up the forces of the combustion
pulsations. Through indentations in the
housing as well as the central flange, the
outer part is allowed to flex about 25
degrees back and forth with the help of
the spring assembly. Including the
distance the springs are compressed, the
two main parts can rotate approximately
65° to each other.
Attachment
The vibration damper is attached to the
crankshaft by a centre screw (m12) as
well as four M8 screws.
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Diamond washers
There are diamond washers between the
crankshaft and the different parts whose
task is to ensure that the correct friction is
achieved in the joint. The diamond washers
are thin steel washers with a coating of
small industrial diamonds. The diamonds
give an extremely high friction level
between the surfaces. The coating wears
during removal and tightening. It is
therefore important to replace the washers
with new ones when reinstalling this joints.
1. Corresponding surface
2. Diamond
3. Washer
4. Attachment layer
Valve system and timing gear
Component location
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Valves
Valves of the same type as used in the
five cylinder diesel, but the specifications
differ with regard to the valve stem length
and valve disc diameter. The valve stem
diameters are the same. The valve guides
use the same components used in all
drive E engines. The hydraulic unit, HLA
(Hydraulic Lash Adjuster) has a modified
internal design, compared to the five
cylinder diesel, which gives a shorter
component. The function is the same.
Camshafts
Drive of the inlet camshaft from the exhaust
camshaft is via gear drive at the rear edge of
the engine. The drive is made of a sintered
material. Five cylinder diesel engines have
steel gear drives.
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General
The engines from the VEA family have an oil
system with a variable oil pump, piston
cooling and oil level sensor. Service intervals
are 30,000km/one year (market dependent).
The engine oil used is a fully synthetic oil
with SAE 0W20 viscosity with designation
VCC RBS0-2AE. The oil, which is specially
developed for Volvo, must be used in all
markets. The exception is the USA where,
due to legal requirements on the market,
ACEA A5/B5 5W30 is used. In order to
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4. Roller
5. Shoe
6. Piston
7. Supply valve
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Without i-ART
The image displays irregular combustion
in the different cylinders with a traditional
injection system.
With i-ART
To counteract irregular combustion the
i-ART system monitors variations in the
injection volume and compensates for
this. The compensation is continuous by
adjusting start and end of the injections.
Direct injection
Fuel injector
1 Sensors/Control 5 Needle
module (circuit
board)
2 Inlet 6 Control disc
3 Return 7 Valve
4 Control chamber 8 Solenoid
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Steering
Each injector has an integrated pressure
sensor that has the task of monitoring and
adjusting the injected fuel volume. The
ECM controls the injectors opening
sequence with an initial voltage of approx
50V. Then the voltage is reduced to the
equivalent battery voltage.
The ECM supplies the injectors pressure
sensor with 5V. The ECM obtains
information about the actual fuel pressure
as an analogue 0-5V-signal.
Communication between the ECM and the
injectors is by LIN 19.2kbit/s.
Information that is communicated between
each separate injector and ECM via LIN is:
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Opening sequences
1 -The needle in the fuel injector is held
closed by the fuel pressure and the
spring.
Injection strategies
To reduce the combustion noise and
emissions, injection can take place at five
different opportunities:
• pilot injection
• pre-injection
• main injection
• after injection
• post injection
Pilot injection
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Pre-injection
Pre-injection is used to start the ignition of
the fuel/air mixture. The advantage of
pre-injection is that a small amount of fuel
ignites so that too rapid an increase in the
pressure in the cylinder is avoided. This
results in lower compression noise.
Main injection
The main injection is when the main fuel
is sprayed in and combusted.
After injection
After injection is done to burn off soot
during after combustion in the cylinder.
This usually occurs generally at partial
loads up to 3000 rpm. After injection is
injected after main injection.
Post injection
Post injection is used for exhaust gas
treatment. For regeneration up to three
after-injections occur which increases the
temperature in the exhaust emissions and
combusts the soot particles in the DPF.
For deNOx and deSOx only a further
injection is used. To separate the nitrogen
and sulphur from the oxygen a
considerably larger volume of fuel is used
for this extra injection.
Intake and exhaust system
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4. Oil pipe
5. Heat shield
6. Fuel injection
7. Oil cooler
Diesel engine D4204T5 has a two
stage boost system consisting of
a turbocharger from Borg-
Warner. The system of one small
and one larger turbocharger is
very similar to the system on the
D5244T10 engine. However
there are changes such as quick
connectors to fresh air-/charge
air pipes as well a differences in
how the By-pass and wastegate
valve are controlled.
The turbochargers give
equivalent boost but at different
rpm ranges.
The smaller turbo has small
turbine housings. Therefore it
reacts easier to the exhaust flow
but gives a low flow. The bigger
turbo has big turbine housings
and does not react as quickly,
but can deliver a high flow.
Initially the boost pressure is
built up by the small turbo. First
the intake air passes the big
turbo which then helps with a
small pressure increase before
the air reaches the small
turbocharger.
Control of the exhausts between
the turbochargers is controlled
via a valve in the manifold (3),
which is controlled endlessly and
dependent on driving mode, by a
vacuum actuator (4). The
vacuum actuator is controlled by
a valve controlled by ECM.
The smaller turbocharger can
maintain the pressure up to 3000
rpm. The big turbo starts to
charge at 2000 rpm, takes over
completely at 3000 rpm and can
then maintain the boost pressure
until the engine reaches max.
rpm.
In order to prevent the big turbo
from overspeeding, the boost
pressure is controlled with a
wastegate. The wastegate is
pressure-controlled and is
adjusted via a TCV-valve
controlled by the ECM.
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1. Vacuum reservoir
2. Control solenoids (2x)
3. Actuator wastegate
4. Actuator turbo By-pass
5. Vacuum pump
air distribution
The system for fresh air to the engine on a
D4204T5 diesel engine is built up in the
same way as on the petrol variants with an
air filter housing in the same place, air/air
cooled charge air coolers and pressure pipes
of aluminium or plastic. Like the petrol
variant, the connections have quick release
connectors to the turbocharger and throttle
body.
The mass air flow sensor with temperature
sensors operates using the same principles
as the B5204T9/T10/T11/T12/T15 petrol
engines. For further information see fuel
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EGR control
The position of the EGR valve damper is
controlled by a brushless electric motor.
The EGR valve is also used in combination
with ETA to control the airflow to the
engine during deNOx- and deSOx
regeneration. The EGR is also used during
DPF regeneration to control the
combustion temperature so that the NOx
emissions are checked. The EGR-cooler
bypass valve, control of the bypass valve
(1) is an "on/off" valve that controls a
vacuum valve (2). The vacuum valve in
turn controls a damper that leads the EGR
exhaust gases either through or past the
EGR cooler.
With EGR control during the engine warm-
up phase the exhaust gases are usually
permitted to by-pass the EGR cooler.
Depending on load and engine
temperature the valve can change
position however, at which point the
exhaust gases will be led through the EGR
cooler.
These driving conditions require cooling of
the exhaust gases in order to achieve low
emissions, despite the engine operating
temperature not having been reached.
When the engine has reached operating
temperature during EGR control the
exhaust gases are led through the EGR
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Exhaust after-treatment
Overview
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Exhaust after-treatment
system
Emission cleaning occurs by
means of a NOx catalytic
converter and a particulate filter
which are integrated in the same
unit mounted directly adjacent to
the turbocharger.
The NOx catalytic converter, also
called NOx trap, consists of a
metallic carrier with a catalytic
coating. As with a conventional
oxidation catalytic converter of
the two-way type, the NOx
catalytic converter purifies
exhaust gases of carbon
monoxide (CO) and
hydrocarbons (HC). In addition,
nitrogen oxides (NOx) are
collected in the catalytic
converter, and to purify these
components the engine is run
rich, i.e. a lambda value <1. This
action lasts a few seconds and
usually occurs every few
minutes.
A NOx catalytic converter is
sensitive to sulphur compounds,
and it is important that diesel
fuel with a maximum sulphur
content of 10 mg/kg is used (e.g.
EU standard EN590 diesel). To
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Catalytic converter
Euro 6
The legal requirements regarding exhaust
emissions for diesel powered cars in Euro 6
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Solenoid
Regulation of the outer ring is
controlled by the ECM via a
solenoid that is located in the oil
pump housing. By controlling the
flow of oil, the adjustment ring
can be rotated, which changes
the eccentricity and thus the
vane pump's supply volume. The
solenoid is controlled
continuously via a PWM signal,
where a fully regulated solenoid
means a reduced displacement
and an oil pressure of about 1.5
bar, while a solenoid in its
second outer position provides a
high displacement and an oil
pressure of about 4.5 bar. If oil
pump regulation should
malfunction and the solenoid
loses power, there is a security
system with a conventional ball
and spring that regulates the oil
pressure to a maximum of 6 bar.
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Cooling system
1. Thermostat
2. Connections to heat
exchanger
3. Radiator
4. Oil cooler
5. Expansion tank
6. Coolant Pump
The cooling system's primary
function is to cool the engine.
Due to the high efficiency of the
diesel engine and thus relatively
small heat losses, there may be
problems with maintaining a
comfortable temperature in the
cab when the outdoor
temperature is low. The job of
the various components is,
among others, on the basis of
the coolant temperature, to
control the flow of coolant to the
heater element in the cab so that
the coolant heats up as quickly
as possible.
The bypass valve is located
between the coolant outlet on
the cylinder head and the feed
line to the coolant pump. This
restricts the coolant flow to the
coolant pump when the engine is
run hot.
Most of the coolant is fed to the
heat exchanger and flows back
to the coolant pump via the EGR
cooler.
At a certain coolant temperature
the bypass valve starts to open.
It remains open until the engine
has reached operating
temperature. When the engine
reaches operating temperature
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Coolant circuit
The flow of coolant is dependent
on the following components:
• thermostat
• shutoff valve
• engine temperature sensor
• engine control module
(ECM)
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Thermostat housing
• thermostat housing
• electric bypass valve
• electrically controlled shut-
off valve
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Control
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Miscellaneous
Because the engine is switched off during
Start/Stop no glow is permitted while the
engine is switched off, this is to save the
main battery. In addition the auxiliary
battery must not be loaded during the start
process, while it is connected.
During the regeneration periods for
nitrogen oxides NOx, sulphur oxide SOx
and particles the heater plugs are activated
at a temperature of approx +1100°C.
When replacing take care that the correct
heater plugs are installed so that they are
not confused with metallic ones. The heater
plugs for this engine are ceramic.
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