How much power and torque does the Volvo D5K have?

Volvo Trucks gives two ratings: the D5K210 with 210 hp (154 kW) at 2200 r/min and 800 Nm at 1100–1700 r/min, and the D5K240 with 240 hp (177 kW) at 2200 r/min and 900 Nm at 1200–1600 r/min. Volvo Buses’ releases give the bus engine 240 hp, with 900 Nm (September 2012), 918 Nm at 1200–1600 rpm (October 2013, for the B5TL) or 950 Nm (October 2013).

Can the Volvo D5K run on HVO or biodiesel?

Volvo’s documents say so. The Volvo FL product guide says all versions of the D5K engines are certified for synthetic diesel (HVO to EN15940) and that a variant of the D5K240 runs on pure biodiesel (rapeseed oil methyl esters, RME B100). Volvo Buses’ releases of 2012 and 2013 say the 5-litre bus engine is available for biodiesel.

Which emission standard does the Volvo D5K meet?

Euro 6. Both fact sheets of 26 June 2013 say the engine meets the EU exhaust emissions requirements according to the Euro 6 standards, with a diesel oxidation catalyst, a diesel particulate filter, SCR with AdBlue and an ammonia slip catalyst, and a water-cooled EGR valve. Neither sheet names a Euro VI step.

Which trucks and buses use the Volvo D5K?

On this site, the Volvo FL (154–177 kW, 800–900 Nm); Volvo’s FL product guide lists the D5K for 4×2 FL rigids of 10 to 16 tonnes. Volvo Buses announced the engine in 2012 and 2013 for its hybrid buses, naming the Volvo 7900 Hybrid and the 7900 Hybrid articulated bus, and for the B5TL diesel double-decker.

Volvo D5K engine: 5.1-litre four-cylinder diesel, ratings and vehicles

Q: What is the displacement of the Volvo D5K engine?

5.1 litres, in four cylinders in line. Volvo Trucks’ D5K210 and D5K240 fact sheets of 26 June 2013 describe an in-line four-cylinder diesel engine with a displacement of 5.1 litres, equipped with a turbocharger and intercooler. The sheets give a single cylinder head with an overhead camshaft, four valves per cylinder, a VGT turbocharger and common-rail injection at 2000 bar.

The Volvo D5K is Volvo’s 5.1-litre diesel engine with four cylinders in line, introduced for Euro 6. Volvo Trucks’ fact sheets of 26 June 2013 describe the D5K210, EU6SCR and the D5K240, EU6SCR as “an in-line four-cylinder diesel engine with a displacement of 5.1 litres, equipped with a turbocharger and intercooler”, and say that the engine meets the Euro 6 standards. Volvo Buses announced the engine as its Euro 6 5-litre “D5” on 19 September 2012, for its hybrid buses and the B5TL double-decker; AB Volvo announced it for the Volvo FL truck on 14 May 2013, at 210 and 240 hp, and its release of 28 May 2013 put the start of sales in June 2013.

Status as of 26 October 2026. Volvo Trucks’ D5K210 and D5K240 fact sheets (Version 01, 26 June 2013), Volvo Trucks’ undated Volvo FL product guide, the Volvo releases of 5 July 2012, 14 May 2013 and 28 May 2013, and Volvo Buses’ releases of 19 September 2012, 2 October 2013 and 18 October 2013 were read on 26 October 2026. Figures are given as Volvo gives them: power in hp, with kilowatts in brackets where Volvo adds them, and torque in Nm. How the units relate is explained in kW, hp and Nm: how to read a truck’s power figures.

What the D5K is

The code appears in Volvo’s type designations “D5K210, EU6SCR” and “D5K240, EU6SCR”, where the number matches the engine’s horsepower, 210 hp and 240 hp. Volvo’s press releases of 2012 and 2013 mostly call the engine “D5”. AB Volvo’s release of 14 May 2013 says: “The Volvo FL is also available with the compact 4-cylinder D5 engine. It has a displacement of 5.1 litres and comes with power outputs of 240 hp and 210 hp.” Volvo Bus United Kingdom & Ireland’s release of 2 October 2013 uses the full code: “The new engine is a D5K 4 cylinder 5.1 litre Euro 6 engine”.

The fact sheets describe the construction: a single cylinder head with an overhead camshaft that operates four valves per cylinder via rocker arms; a cast-iron cylinder block and cylinder head with dry cylinder liners; electronic engine control; and common-rail fuel injection at a pressure of 2000 bar. The turbocharger is a VGT (Variable Geometry Turbine) unit, and the sheets list an electronically controlled, water-cooled EGR valve. The Volvo FL product guide gives the same injection pressure: “The high-pressure electronic injection is provided by common rail, with a maximum pressure of 2000 bar.” The table gives the base data; the ratings follow further down.

Volvo D5K base data as Volvo Trucks’ fact sheets of 26 June 2013 state them.
Item	D5K210, EU6SCR	D5K240, EU6SCR
Engine	In-line four-cylinder diesel engine, turbocharger and intercooler	In-line four-cylinder diesel engine, turbocharger and intercooler
Displacement	5.1 litres (5.1 dm³)	5.1 litres (5.1 dm³)
Valves	Four per cylinder, overhead camshaft, rocker arms	Four per cylinder, overhead camshaft, rocker arms
Fuel injection	Common rail, 2000 bar	Common rail, 2000 bar
Turbocharger	VGT (Variable Geometry Turbine)	VGT (Variable Geometry Turbine)
Max revs	2800 r/min	2800 r/min
Exhaust brake output (EBR-EPG)	80 kW at 2800 rpm	80 kW at 2800 rpm
Emission standard	Euro 6	Euro 6

Fuels

The D5K is a diesel engine; the Volvo FL product guide lists both ratings under the heading “DIESEL AND HVO”. The documents read for this page name no gas-fuelled version.

HVO. The product guide says: “All versions of the D5K engines are certified for synthetic diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oils – HVO EN15940).” What HVO is, and what the EN 15940 standard covers, is set out in What is HVO? Renewable diesel in trucks and buses.

Biodiesel (B100). The same guide says: “There is a variant of our D5K240 engine that will run on pure biodiesel (rapeseed oil methyl esters – RME B100).” For buses, Volvo Buses’ release of 19 September 2012 lists the D5 at “240 hp 900 Nm (also available in biodiesel version)”, and its release of 18 October 2013 says: “Both the 5-liter engine and the 8-liter engine are available for conventional diesel fuel and for biodiesel.”

Emission class and exhaust aftertreatment

Both fact sheets say that the engine “meets the EU exhaust emissions requirements according to the Euro 6 standards”. Neither names a Euro VI step; the steps and their dates are explained in Euro VI (Euro 6) and Euro 7 for trucks.

The sheets describe the aftertreatment in order. It starts in the diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), continues in the diesel particulate filter (DPF) and then in the “mixing zone/Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR)”, where the exhaust is sprayed with AdBlue; at the final step an Ammonia Slip Catalyst (ASC) removes any remaining ammonia. The sheets link the electronically controlled, water-cooled EGR valve to the temperature of the exhaust gases before they enter the after-treatment system (EATS). How SCR and AdBlue work, and what the law makes the system detect, is set out in SCR and AdBlue.

Volvo described the same combination when the engine was launched. AB Volvo’s release of 14 May 2013 quotes Ruddy Houtmeyers, Strategic Product Manager for Medium Duty Vehicles at Volvo Trucks: “The technological solution for meeting the Euro 6 demands is a combination of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) and variable turbo geometry, a cooled EGR system and a particulate filter”. The release of 28 May 2013 says: “The technological solution for the D5 and D8 engines is a combination of cooled EGR system, particulate filter and SCR.” For buses, Volvo Buses’ release of 18 October 2013 says that “Volvo D5 and D8 also have EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation)”.

Versions and generations

Announcement for buses (19 September 2012). Volvo Buses launched a Euro 6 range of 5-, 8- and 11-litre engines. The release presents the D5 as a diesel engine for Volvo’s hybrid driveline at 240 hp, and says that “This engine will also be used in the new hybrid articulated bus that Volvo will be launching with Euro 6” and in the B5TL double-decker, “which is being launched in the UK later this autumn”. It says that “The new engines will be available on the market in the second half of 2013”, and names the Volvo 7900 Hybrid and the Volvo 7900 Hybrid articulated bus among the city buses for the new engines.

Euro 6 for the Volvo FL (May and June 2013). Volvo Trucks’ release of 5 July 2012, on its first Euro 6 engine, a D13, quoted Mats Franzén, Manager of Engine Strategy and Planning at Volvo Trucks: “The rest of the Euro 6 engine range will be launched well before the requirements become obligatory on January 1, 2014”. On 14 May 2013 AB Volvo announced the D5 for the Volvo FL at 210 and 240 hp, and on 28 May 2013 it said: “In June 2013, sales of the new D5, D8, D11 and D13 engines will get under way.”

Fact sheets (26 June 2013). The D5K210, EU6SCR and D5K240, EU6SCR sheets are dated 2013-06-26 and marked “Version 01”.

Bus models (October 2013). Volvo Bus United Kingdom & Ireland’s release of 2 October 2013 names the D5K as the engine of the new Euro 6 B5TL diesel double-decker. On 18 October 2013 Volvo Buses wrote that it “has now switched all of the model series in Europe to the upcoming Euro 6 emissions standard”, that all hybrid buses had received a 5-litre engine with 240 hp, and that the 5-litre engine would also replace the 9-litre engine in its diesel double-decker. Its engine list reads: “Volvo D5 for Volvo’s hybrid buses and double-deckers.”

Volvo FL product guide (undated). The guide carries no date; it describes the Volvo FL Electric with “Sales start in 2019”. It lists the D5K210 and D5K240 under “DIESEL AND HVO”, together with the HVO certification and the RME B100 variant of the D5K240 described above.

The documents read for this page give no earlier or later generation of the D5K.

Ratings as Volvo states them

Volvo D5K and D5 ratings in Volvo’s documents, as each document states them.
Rating	Max power	Max power at	Max torque	Max torque at	Document
D5K210	210 hp (154 kW)	2200 r/min	800 Nm	1100–1700 r/min	Fact sheet, 26 June 2013; Volvo FL product guide
D5K240	240 hp (177 kW)	2200 r/min	900 Nm	1200–1600 r/min	Fact sheet, 26 June 2013; Volvo FL product guide
D5 (bus)	240 hp	—	900 Nm	—	Volvo Buses, 19 September 2012
D5K in the B5TL	240 hp	1900 rpm	918 Nm	1200–1600 rpm	Volvo Bus United Kingdom & Ireland, 2 October 2013
D5 (bus)	240 hp	—	950 Nm	—	Volvo Buses, 18 October 2013

The three bus releases give the 240 hp bus engine three torque figures, 900, 918 and 950 Nm, and the B5TL release gives maximum power at 1900 rpm where the truck documents give 2200 r/min; the documents read do not explain the differences. The 2012 release also writes the bus output as “240 hp (215 hp)” without saying what the bracketed figure refers to.

Both fact sheets also list an exhaust brake output (EBR-EPG) of 80 kW at 2800 rpm. For the Volvo FL, the product guide names two systems, an exhaust brake or an exhaust brake in combination with a compression brake, and gives no output figure for either. What an engine brake is, and how the law groups it with retarders, is explained in What is a retarder?

Trucks and buses on this site with the Volvo D5K

The only entry is a truck; no bus on this site records the D5K. The figures are those of each model’s own page and of the source that page cites, in kilowatts and newton-metres as the site’s records keep them.

Trucks and buses on this site with the Volvo D5K, as their model records give the engine.
Model	Engine as recorded	Power (kW)	Torque (Nm)
Volvo FL	Volvo D5K	154–177	800–900

Volvo’s FL product guide lists the D5K for 4×2 Volvo FL rigids with a low or medium chassis height at gross vehicle weights of 10, 12, 14 and 16 tonnes, among them a 12-tonne road sweeper version, and gives a maximum front axle load of 5.0 tonnes on trucks with the D5K engine. AB Volvo’s release of 14 May 2013 describes a 12-tonne version of the Volvo FL with the 240 hp D5. The buses that Volvo’s releases name for the engine, the Volvo 7900 Hybrid, the 7900 Hybrid articulated bus and the B5TL double-decker, have no page on this site.