Mercedes engine codes

Interested in the various codes Mercedes-Benz uses for their petrol and diesel motors? We have compiled a list of most passenger vehicle engines used by the German manufacturer:

• M = Petrol / gasoline engine
• OM = Diesel / Turbodiesel engine

Benzin / Petrol (gasoline)

Code	Cyl.	Capacity	Years prod.
M02	i6	2.0 L	1926–1933
M03	i6	3.0 L	1926–1927
M04	i6	3.0 – 3.1 L	1927–1928
M06	i6	6.8 – 7.1 L	1928–1934
M07	i8	7.7 L	1930–1938
M08	i8	4.6 – 5.0 L	1928–1939
M09	i6	3.4 L	1928–1929
M10	i6	3.5 L	1929–1933
M100	V8	6.3 – 6.9 L	1963–1981
M102	i4	1.8 – 2.5 L	1980–1996
M103	i6	2.6 – 3.0 L	1984–1995
M104	i6	2.8 – 3.6 L	1989–1997
M108	i6	2.5 L	1965–1967
M11	i6	2.6 L	1929–1935
M110	i6	2.8 L	1972–1986
M111	i4	1.8 – 2.3 L	1992–2006
M112	V6	2.4 – 3.7 L	1997–2005
M113	V8	4.3 – 5.5 L	1997–2012
M114	i6	2.5 L	1967–1972
M115	i4	2.0 – 2.3 L	1968–1985
M116	V8	3.5 – 4.2 L	1969–1991
M117	V8	4.5 – 5.6 L	1971–1992
M118	i4	1.5 – 1.8 L	1965–1972
M119	V8	4.2 – 6.0 L	1989–1999
M120	V12	6.0 – 7.0 L	1991–1998
M121	i4	1.9 – 2.0 L	1955–1968
M123	i6	2.5 L	1976–1985
M124	i8	5.8 L	1939
M127	i6	2.2 L	1958–1964
M129	i6	2.5 L	1965–1967
M130	i6	2.8 L	1968–1972
M133	i4	2.0 L	2013–present
M136	i4	1.7 – 1.8 L	1935–1955
M137	V12	5.8 – 6.3 L	1999–2002
M142	i6	3.2 L	1937–1942
M143	i6	2.2 L	1936–1941
M15	i6	1.7 L	1931–1936
M150	i8	7.7 L	1938–1944
M152	V8	5.5 L	2012–2015
M153	i6	2.3 L	1939–1943
M155	V8	5.4 L	2004–2009
M156	V8	6.2 L	2006–2014
M157	V8	5.5 L	2010–present
M158	V12	6.0 L	2012–present
M159	V8	6.2 L	2009–2014
M160	i3	0.6 – 0.7 L	1998–2007
M166	i4	1.4 – 2.1 L	1997–2005
M176	V8	4.0 L	2017–present
M177/M178	V8	4.0 L	2014–present
M18	i6	2.9 L	1933–1937
M180	i6	2.2 – 2.3 L	1951–1980
M186	i6	3.0 L	1951–1958
M188	i6	3.0 L	1952–1958
M189	i6	3.0 L	1958–1967
M19	i8	3.8 L	1932–1933
M194	i6	3.0 L	1952
M198	i6	3.0 L	1954–1963
M199	i6	3.0 L	1955–1958
M200	i4	1.2 L	2012–present
M21	i6	2.0 L	1933–1936
M22	i8	3.8 – 4.0 L	1933–1934
M23	i4	1.3 L	1933–1936
M24	i8	5.0 – 5.4 L	1934–1944
M256	i6	3.0 L	2017–present
M260/M264	i4	1.5 – 2.0 L	2017–present
M266	i4	1.5 – 2.0 L	2004–present
M270	i4	1.6 – 2.0 L	2011–present
M271	i4	1.6 – 1.8 L	2002–2015
M272	V6	2.5 – 3.5 L	2004–present
M273	V8	4.7 – 5.5 L	2005–2010
M274	i4	1.6 – 2.0 L	2012–present
M275	V12	6.0 L	2004–2015
M276	V6	2.8 – 3.5 L	2014–present
M277	V12	6.0 L	2014–present
M278	V8	4.7 L	2010–present
M279	V12	6.0 L	2012–present
M281	i3	1.0 L	2014–present
M282	i4	1.3 L	2018–present
M285	V12	5.5 L	2003–2012
M297	V12	6.9 – 7.3 L	1997–2016
M30	i4	1.5 L	1934–1939
M836	i6	4.0 L	1924–1929
M9456	i6	6.3 L	1924–1929

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Diesel / Turbodiesel 

Code	Cyl.	Capacity
M202B	2	6.5 L
M203B	i3	9.7 L
MB851	1	1.5 L
MB852	2	2.9 L
MB853	i3	4.3 L
MB861	1	1.5 L
MB862	2	2.9 L
MB863	i3	4.3 L
OM138	i4	2.5 L	1935–1940
OM601	i4	2.0 – 2.3 L	1983–2001
OM602	i5	2.5 – 2.9 L	1985–2002
OM603	i6	3.0 – 3.5 L	1986–1997
OM604	i4	2.0 – 2.2 L	1993–1998
OM605	i5	2.5 L	1993–2001
OM606	i6	3.0 L	1993–2001
OM608	i4	1.5 L	2018–present
OM611	i4	2.1 – 2.2 L	1998–2006
OM612	i5	2.7 L	1999–2006
OM613	i6	3.2 L	1999–2003
OM615	i4	2.0 – 2.2 L	1968–1985
OM616	i4	2.4 L	1973–1985
OM617	i5	3.0 L	1974–1991
OM621	i4	1.9 – 2.0 L	1959–1967
OM628	V8	4.0 L	1999–2005
OM629	V8	4.0 L	2005–2010
OM632	2	0.8 L
OM636	i4	1.7 – 1.8 L	1949–1990
OM639	i3	1.5 L	2004–2009
OM640	i4	2.0 L	2004–2012
OM642	V6	3.0 L	2005–present
OM646	i4	2.1 L	2002–2010
OM647	i5	2.7 L	2004–2006
OM648	i6	3.2 L	2002–2006
OM651	i4	1.8 – 2.1 L	2008–present
OM654	i4	2.0 L	2016–present
OM656	i6	2.9 L	2017–present
OM660	i3	0.8 L	1998–2015
OM668	i4	1.7 L	1997–2005
OM699	i4	2.3 L	2017–present

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