List of Perkins engines

In this List of Perkins engines, family type refers to the two letter designation Perkins Engines gives each engine. This nomencleture was introduced in 1978 under Perkins' new engine numbering scheme, where the family type is encoded in each unique serial number. Engines that went out of production prior to 1978 may have been retroactively assigned a family type to expedite parts support (this is the case with the Perkins 4.107). Some engines never entered production, such as the Perkins 4.224, but were assigned a family type.

Perkins was sold by Massey Ferguson's parent Varity Corporation in 1998, and is now a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar, Inc.

2000 Series Electronic (Stafford) ||Six-cylinder, 12.5L, 15L, & 18L turbocharged, charge-cooled diesel engines.

2000/3000 Series Mechanical (Shrewsbury)

4006 Series Diesel ||Six-cylinder, 23L turbocharged charge-cooled diesel engine. 4008 Series Diesel ||Eight-cylinder, 30.5L turbocharged charge-cooled diesel engine. 4012 Series Diesel ||Twelve-cylinder, 46L turbocharged charge-cooled diesel engine. 4016 Series Diesel ||Sixteen-cylinder, 61L turbocharged charge-cooled diesel engine.

4006 Series Gas ||Six-cylinder, 23L turbocharged charge-cooled spark-ignition gas engine. 4008 Series Gas ||Eight-cylinder, 30.5L turbocharged charge-cooled spark-ignition gas engine. 4012 Series Gas ||Twelve-cylinder, 46L turbocharged charge-cooled spark-ignition gas engine. 4016 Series Gas ||Sixteen-cylinder, 61L turbocharged charge-cooled spark-ignition gas engine.

The 4 107T was used in UK Military electricity generating sets, the engines when in need an overhaul were rebuilt by a Kent based engineering works in Ramsgate, adjacent to the inner Harbour known as Walkers Marine (Marine Engineers) Ltd. Houchins of Ashford an MOD contractor would send an MOD inspector to verify dynamometer testing of power and smoke emissions both on start up and full power for one full hour (27 horsepower produced at 3000 rpm) being used near military front lines any excessive smoke whilst running would give the armies position away. When the transport vessel "Atlantic conveyor" was sunk during the Falklands conflict a large quantity of these generating units were lost. The engines were highly stressed due to turbo charging, the 4-107T used a Holset Brand turbocharger without after-cooling, and the longer 4-108 pistons with extended skirts, also a toughened tufftrided crankshaft, larger diameter cylinder head studs were used to contain the high combustion pressures. The engines when rebuilt could take up to four days of diligent running on the "Heenan and Froud" water dynomometer with great care given regarding application and duration of the load as minor tightening was not un-common, and a heavy seizure could result in disassembly and liner and piston replacement. But once run in the process of gaining full power with minimal rpm overshoot or droop or heavy black smoke was achieved by finely adjusting the injection timing and governor load springs in the CAV DPA injection pump.

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