GAZ Lawn NEXT

GAZ Lawn-Next is a family of medium-duty trucks that was born in 2014, replacing GAZ Valdai and replacing the previous Lawn - GAZ-3309. Cars have a wheel formula 4x2, their carrying capacity is 5 tons. The GAZon-NEXT line includes a flatbed vehicle, a farmer and a van.

Lawn-Next analogues: GAZ Valdai, KamAZ-4308, MAZ Zubrenok, KrAZ-5401, Toyota ToyoAce, Mitsubishi Canter, Isuzu Elf, Hyundai HD-78, etc.

Below we will figure out which engine is on the Lawn Next, its power and volume. It uses a small in-line 4-cylinder engine of the Yaroslavl Motor Plant - YaMZ-534, the working volume of which is 4.4 liters.
The first modifications were equipped with the YaMZ-53441 engine, which had a power of 150 hp. and met Euro-4 standards.
Euro-5 engines are YaMZ-53443, it has 149 hp. In addition, a 170-strong YaMZ-53445 is put under the same ecology.
There are versions for running on gas - GAZon-NEXT CNG, which are sold with a 150 horsepower YaMZ-53444 engine.

Below, by choosing your car, you will find everything important about your GAZon Next engine: its technical characteristics, engine problems and illnesses, what oil to fill in, when to change it, and how much oil is required for this procedure. There you will also find when you need to adjust the valves, where the engine number is located, the motor resource and more.

The "Best Innovation/Technological Breakthrough" award was awarded in 2010 by the Adam Smith Institute to the Yaroslavl Motor Plant precisely for the implementation of a project to develop and introduce into serial production a qualitatively new, modern family of 4 and 6-cylinder YaMZ-530 diesel engines.

One of the main models of this series is the Euro-4 L-shaped four-cylinder turbocharged YaMZ-534 engine. This is the very first serial Russian diesel engine of this class.

The predecessor and main features of the YaMZ-534 engine

The YaMZ-534 Euro-4 engine is a four-stroke in-line diesel engine with compression ignition, direct injection, liquid cooling, turbocharging and charge air cooling in an air-to-air heat exchanger. Each of the engine cylinders accounts for four valves.

Although the model range of the Yaroslavl Motor Engine already had a 4-cylinder YaMZ-204 engine, which was discontinued more than twenty years ago, this, as they say, was "a completely different story." Because that engine was one of the heavy diesel engines. And structurally, it was not even provided for its equipment with a turbocharging system. Therefore, the four-cylinder YaMZ-204 can be called the predecessor of the 534th, but only with a stretch.

After all, YaMZ-534 is an in-line medium diesel engine developed, as they say, “from scratch” by the design bureau of the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, together with the Austrian engineering bureau A.V.L.ListGmbh.

Distinctive features of "YaMZ-534" are compliance with modern environmental standards "Euro-4"; the presence of an electronic control unit (ECU) and the use of a modern direct injection system using the CommonRail common rail fuel system.

Achieving a high level of environmental standard was made possible largely due to the use of the EGR exhaust gas recirculation system. One of the advantages of this solution is the simplification, and hence the reduction in the cost of placing the engine on the car.

YaMZ-534 is a fundamentally new design, using the most relevant and advanced solutions, the rights to which belong to the GAZ Group (in recent years, the Yaroslavl Motor Plant has been part of this holding).

Lawn Next truck with YaMZ 53441-2 engine (150 hp)

For the serial production of diesel engines of the 530th family, a completely new plant was built and launched as part of YaMZ - Avtodiesel OJSC. This new enterprise is located on the current outskirts of the city, as the locals say - "beyond the Volga", about a twenty-minute drive from the old plant.

This is the most modern production of diesel engines not only in Russia, but throughout Eastern Europe.

This modern industrial site has an almost 90% level of production automation, and all production equipment on it is from the world's leading manufacturers. In addition to new diesel engines of the 530th series, German engines for Mercedes Sprinter minibuses are also assembled here.

Among the suppliers of individual units and components of the new Yaroslavl 4-cylinder engine are such venerable manufacturing companies with a long and impeccable reputation as Bosch, Z.F., FederalMogul, BorgWarner, MannHummel, Behr, Knorr / Bremse" and others.

Casting of the block and cylinder head is carried out in Germany, at the FritzWinter enterprise.

However, the new Yaroslavl four-cylinder diesel engines do not entirely consist of imported components and components, as it might seem. For example, CommonRail fuel equipment is Russian-made, from the Yaroslavl Diesel Equipment Plant.

The electronic control unit and, which is especially characteristic, the software for it, were developed by the St. Petersburg company ABIT, and the production of the ECU itself was mastered at the Starooskolsky plant of automotive and tractor electrical equipment.

The production of electronically controlled fuel injectors providing increased spray pressure and multi-phase injection (in three portions) has been established at the Altai Precision Products Plant in the city of Barnaul.

Currently, the price list of the Yaroslavl Motor Plant includes nine modifications of the YaMZ-534, in the power range from 136 to 190 horsepower. The YaMZ-534 / CNG gas engine, which has become the fruit of cooperation with the Canadian manufacturing company WestPort, stands out in a special order.

Overview of YaMZ-534 modifications and their scope

In terms of their capabilities, YaMZ-534 engines are very versatile. These motors effectively perform the functions of power units on a variety of vehicles weighing up to 12 tons, along with the load; or on road trains weighing up to 21 tons. It is allowed to use these engines on vehicles with a number of wheels from 4 to 6, with two or four driving wheels.

Initially, YaMZ-534 diesel engines, all their modifications and configurations were designed for installation on MAZ, Ural (new model), GAZ and GAZonNext (gas-fueled) trucks, as well as on buses of small and medium capacity brand "PAZ".

The key differences between the individual modifications are, first of all, in the settings of the ECU - an electronic fuel supply system optimized for specific tasks.

A more detailed overview of the specific application of modifications to these motors is as follows:

• YaMZ-5340- basic modification used as a power unit for trucks, dump trucks, chassis, tractors with the wheel formula "4x2", "4x4", "6x2", "6x4", with a gross weight of up to 12 tons, road trains based on them up to 21 tons - Minsk Automobile Plant "MAZ". There are also three additional modifications: with preparation for the installation of an air conditioning compressor ("YaMZ-5340/01"), with a fan ("YaMZ-5340/02"), with a fan + preparation for the installation of an air conditioning compressor ("YaMZ-5340/03" ).
• YaMZ-53402- designed for Ural-432065 trucks and other Ural vehicles, including off-road vehicles with a 4x4 wheel formula, with a gross weight of up to 13 tons, for road trains based on them up to 24 tons in weight. A separate special modification "YAMZ-53402-10" is used as part of the tracked snow and swamp vehicle "ZZGT".

Ural-432065 truck with YaMZ-53402 engine (190 hp)

• YaMZ-5341- this engine is used as a power unit for the following vehicles of the MAZ brand: medium-duty vehicles, on the chassis of automobiles with the wheel formula "4x2" and a gross weight of up to 6 tons, for road trains based on them up to 10 tons, and for buses.
• YaMZ-5341/10- this motor is used as a power unit for buses of the PAZ-320412 family, with a gross weight of up to 11 tons. There is also a special modification "YaMZ-5341/11", for the installation of an air conditioning compressor.
• YaMZ-5342- used as a power unit for buses of the PAZ-320402, PAZ-4234, PAZ-3237 models, with a gross weight of up to 11 tons.
• YaMZ-5344- modification for buses of the PAZ-32053 brand.
• "YaMZ-5344-10"- a version of a diesel engine specifically for medium-duty trucks of the GAZ-3308 (Sadko) and GAZ-3309 family.
• YaMZ-53442- a special modification designed for medium-duty off-road trucks of the GAZ-3308 family and their chassis.
• YaMZ-534/CNG- the newest and "promising" modification, put into production only at the end of 2015. Runs on gas. At first, new versions of GAZ trucks will be equipped with it, and in the near future - the widest range of various vehicles for various purposes.

In addition, since May 2014, the plant launched mass production of a forced modification - YaMZ-53472-10, with a power of 215 horsepower at 2600 rpm, specially designed for the new army armored vehicles GAZ-233036 (aka SMP-2 Tiger).

Technical characteristics of the YaMZ-534 engine

All of these modifications of the new four-cylinder diesel engines are maximally unified among themselves and cover the power range from 136 to 215 horsepower. At the same time, the indicator of the minimum specific fuel consumption, according to the manufacturer, is 145 g / hp.h. And this number is a very good indicator by modern standards, corresponding to the most current fuel efficiency standards.

Thanks to the innovative common rail direct injection fuel system "CommonRail", equipped with an ECU - an electronic control unit, accurate fuel calibration parameters are achieved for a number of diverse operating modes. This allows you to simultaneously provide both a reduction in fuel consumption and an increase in the efficiency of the engine.

Some technical indicators in specific terms:

• Working volume - 4430 cubic centimeters;
• Power - from 136 to 215 l / s, depending on the modification, at 2300-2600 rpm;
• The number and arrangement of cylinders - 4, "L";
• Cylinder diameter / piston stroke, in millimeters - 105/128;
• Compression ratio - 17.5;
• Maximum torque, Nm (kg / s.m) - 735 (75);
• Rotational speed at maximum torque - 1300-1600 rpm;
• The height of the crankshaft axis is 300 mm;
• Environmental indicators - Euro-4 (EGR + POC);
• Overall dimensions (Length/Width/Height), in millimeters: 972/712/836;
• Engine weight, unfilled: 480 kg;
• The order of operation of the cylinders: 1 - 3 - 4 - 2;
• Power system: CR direct injection.

To achieve the Euro-4 environmental level, an EGR system (exhaust gas recirculation) and a catalytic converter with a replaceable filter are used.

One can hope that the new YaMZ-534 engine will become another example of a reliable, unpretentious and durable solution for a power unit. After all, the Yaroslavl Motor Plant has been the largest player in the industry for more than half a century and does not change itself. In the sense that its classic products - engines of the "", "" family have an impeccable reputation as extremely durable and reliable engines, a kind of "perpetual motion machines" among diesel engines.

YaMZ 534 engine in the assembly shop of the plant

The new power unit, YaMZ-534, according to the manufacturer, has a predictable working life before overhaul from 700 thousand to 1 million km .; with the need for maintenance every 30 thousand km. (or 1000 hours of operation).

The indicator of oil consumption for waste is no more than 0.1% of the consumption of diesel fuel, which corresponds to the most advanced examples of such equipment from leading world manufacturers.

The manufacturer's warranty for the power units of this series is two years, or 100 thousand kilometers.

YaMZ-534 motors are in high demand on the market: their production volumes amount to tens of thousands of units per year. At the same time, the first maintenance is scheduled after 15 thousand km (or 500 hours), the second and subsequent engine maintenance - after 30 thousand km (or 1000 hours)

Operating experience and feedback from the owners of YaMZ-534

The experience of owners of cars with YaMZ-534 engines, produced in 2011-2013 and already, so to speak, "sniffed gunpowder", i.e. proved to be in conditions of intensive use, suggests that the motor is good. More specifically: reliable; when necessary - high-torque, when necessary - frisky and resourceful; works quietly; and, which is especially important in our time, economical (about 15-17 liters).

Each buyer of this type of diesel equipment has two options: YaMZ-534 or Cummins made in China.

The Yaroslavl motor, judging by experience and reviews, is much better: more unpretentious, trouble-free, and, although not particularly cheap; still, at the price of spare parts and the engine itself, it will be preferable. And YaMZ-534 cannot boast of an inexpensive price, quite naturally: after all, a considerable part of the components and assemblies on it are from European manufacturers.

However, "cheers-patriotism" in the field of new technical developments in our modern era is inappropriate. And to use technologies and ready-made units from world industry leaders is, perhaps, the right decision. Since with their use it turns out, as they say, "a completely different song."

The cost of YaMZ-534 in the modern market

The price of the new YaMZ-534 engine, announced in the official price list of the Yaroslavl Motor Plant, depending on the modification, varies within 520-560 thousand rubles. The secondary market for used engines of this brand, due to the novelty of this development, has not yet developed.

The novelty stands out with an original and spacious cabin, as well as a comfortable lounge. The design of the cabin and interior is borrowed from GAZelle Next, along with a comfortable seat with five-speed adjustment and heating, an on-board computer, heated mirrors, central locking, power windows and ergonomic niches for various needs. Differences between the lawn cab and the Gazelle: the presence of a massive hood made of fiberglass and original lighting equipment, an aluminum body and a hood stopper. Most GAZ lorries were produced with an old metal body, so aluminum can significantly increase the demand for a car. The cabin is supplemented with a footrest to make it more convenient for the driver to enter the cabin. Separately, you can order a long-range "air" seat when buying a car. Although the Lawn is designed as a truck for transportation within a city or region, nothing will stop him from making trips over long distances.

The mass of the car is 8.7 tons, which ranks Lawn Next among medium-duty trucks. The carrying capacity of the machine is 5 tons. The volume of the wheelbase is 4.5 meters. According to plant representatives, Lawn buyers are waiting for a modernized front suspension, an updated five-speed gearbox with synchronizers in all gears and improved semi-integral steering. Soft three-leaf springs, a stabilizer, a gearbox control joystick and an electronic gas pedal are installed.

The lawn will be equipped with a diesel engine. Some configurations will be equipped with a domestic YaMZ-534 engine with a volume of 4.4 liters and a capacity of 135 horsepower. Most of the new products will be with a foreign-made turbocharged Cummins ISF engine with a volume of 3.8 liters and a power of 152 horsepower. Both engines comply with Euro-4 standards. The maximum speed will be 100 km/h.

The brakes of this development are disc brakes. The air and fuel filters are placed behind the cab of the car. The steering column is tilt adjustable. You can order when buying a tachograph unit, which will be placed under the roof. The dashboard is comfortable and easy to read. The ergonomic steering wheel has radio settings buttons. Cruise control is also included as standard. The control button for this option is located at the end of the left steering column switch.

When will it go on sale?

The leaders of the GAZ plant do not name the specific dates for the start of sales of Lawn Next. This event is expected to take place in the second half of 2014. The new car will have a standard and extended platform. Representatives of the Gorky Automobile Plant also promise to release all-wheel drive lawns and models with a double cab in the future.

The five-ton truck "Gazon next" has been produced by the Gorky Automobile Plant since 2014 and is a representative of the fifth generation. The model outwardly radically differs from previous versions of trucks, but some components and assemblies have moved from the previous one.

The first thing that attracts in the new car is the cabin design. With its outlines, the cab of the truck resembles the Gazelle next - the same somewhat angular, laconic business style. Modern elegant optics are installed on the car, the interior is completely updated - it has three comfortable seats. For the first time in the history of GAZ truck generations
the machine is equipped with plastic front fenders, and the cab has a galvanized coating. It should be noted that in previous GAZons, the cab has always been a sore spot - it quickly rusted.

Appearance of the new lawn Next

The salon on the Next modification has become much more spacious - about a third more (unlike (3309)). It has become much more comfortable inside the cab - I can’t even believe that this is a domestic truck. And again, the interior space resembles Gazelle Next in many elements.

The new truck received voluminous side mirrors, "burdocks", which significantly increased visibility for the driver, they can optionally be electrically heated.

A fairly high seating position and a large windshield allow the driver to better control the road. Other innovations that are unusual for GAZ vehicles are power windows, air conditioning, cruise control and seat heating as standard. Even the Volga passenger cars could not boast of such options at one time, but for a Russian truck this is very cool!

Next turf modification option with double cab

The four-spoke multifunction steering wheel looks modern, almost the same as on all foreign cars. An audio system is standardly installed on the car - a CD player that supports MP3 format, two speakers are provided. Electronically controlled accelerator (gas) pedal, but is this a plus with the Russian quality of parts?

Chassis and power units

Under the hood of the truck is Yaroslavsky. Unlike the “capricious” American Cummins engine of the Chinese assembly, YaMZ “digests” any diesel fuel, and this is a big plus in Russian conditions. The car manufacturers made a very right choice - the 3.8-liter Cummins could hardly stand the quality of Russian diesel fuel, and the engine repair ruined the car owners of the new GAZon. Despite the rather large volume, YaMZ is quieter than its predecessor on the GAZ 3309.

Technical characteristics and dimensions of the Lawn Next

Lawn next has a new suspension. A test drive showed that the car's ride became softer, and when braking, the truck does not throw from side to side, which was typical for the GAZ 3307 model. The frame is now reinforced, although it was difficult to “kill” it. An innovation unprecedented for a domestic truck has appeared - the ABS and ASR systems. About 10 years ago, many considered the presence of an anti-slip system on a domestic truck to be fantastic.

Due to innovations, the brakes have become softer, and now you no longer need to convulsively press on the gas pedal during emergency braking.

Surprisingly, all the brakes on the new GAZon are disc brakes - both on the front and on the rear axle. The gearbox has undergone changes, more reliable Italian synchronizers were installed in it. The mechanical “five-step” has become much more reliable, but at the same time significantly more expensive.

Chassis of Next brand truck

The factory workers regularly equipped the car with a power steering, and it became quite easy to manage the lawn. The steering column is height adjustable, but its angle of travel is small.

Specifications

The manufacturer declared the resource of the new truck Lawn Next 800 thousand kilometers. Spare parts for a new truck are available both in terms of price and availability - you do not need to order and wait for them for a long time. There are many imported parts installed on GAZon:

• Power steering pump, steering gear and clutch - ZF;
• Cardan shaft - Dana Spicer;
• Shock absorbers - Tenneco;
• Brake system - Wabco.

Compared to the previous model 3307, the new truck has an increased carrying capacity from 4.5 to 5 tons, but this is not a fact that the owners-merchants will not overload the car. The frame is now stronger, and you can experiment.

Various types and modifications of cars based on GAZ Next

General characteristics of GAZon Next:

• Dimensions (length / width / height) - 6.43 / 2.3 / 2.41 m, the height is taken according to the cabin;
• Length (with increased base) - 7.91 m;
• Ground clearance - 26.2 cm;
• Front / rear wheel track - 1.74 / 1.69 m;
• The distance between the axles (wheelbase) - 3.77 m (with an extended base - 4.51 m);
• Transmission - 5-st. manual transmission;
• Carrying capacity - 5 tons;
• Curb weight - 3.7 tons;
• The weight of a fully loaded car is 8.7 tons;
• The maximum allowable constant speed is 110 km / h;
• (highway) - 18 l / 100 km;
• Wheel radius - R20;
• Brake system - pneumatic type, disc;
• Platform length - 3.6 m (for an extended base - 5 m).

In the basic configuration of the onboard GAZon Next there is a steel body, as an option an aluminum platform can be installed.

The lawn with a double-row cab has a carrying capacity of 4.5 tons, the platform length is 3.6 m. The car factory also produces modifications with an extended body - 5.1 m and 6 m.

Modifications

GAZon Next can be not only onboard, various modifications are made on the basis of its chassis:

In 2016, Nizhny Novgorod is planning to launch a truck tractor into a series, and road trains will be created on its basis. The carrying capacity of such equipment is 10 tons, and the gross weight can reach up to 16.8 tons. But can the YaMZ-534 engine cope with such a mass? It is likely that the car factory will have to start developing a new engine for GAZon Next.

Content

In 2014, the Gorky Automobile Plant began production of a new family of medium-duty trucks Gazon-Next, which were produced in parallel with GAZ-3309 trucks. These vehicles had a load capacity increased to 5000 kg, a single cabin module installed on the Lawn-NEXT, as well as new power units. In 2017, on the basis of Gazon-Next, the production of an all-wheel drive version with a carrying capacity of up to 3 tons will begin, and from 2018 - models with an increased carrying capacity of up to 6 tons.

Lawn-Next

The base engine for Lawn-Next is the YaMZ-53441 in-line 4-cylinder turbodiesel engine. It has a volume of 4.43 liters, is capable of developing a power of 149 hp. and reach a torque of 490 Nm. In addition to the domestic turbodiesel, Gazon-Next also installs imported turbocharged diesel units ISF 3.8s with a volume of 3.8 liters and a power of 154 hp.

Fuel consumption Lawn-Next per 100 km. Reviews

• Oleg, St. Petersburg. To be honest, when the mechanic announced to us that the bosses had bought 10 new Lawn Next, we were skeptical about it. But in fact, everything is not so sad - a very worthy car, I am glad that the manufacturer took into account all the mistakes and corrected a lot of things in the design. We carry building materials, the car goes just fine. I have a version with a domestic diesel engine, it consumes up to 20 liters with a full load - for Peter this is very little, given the volume of the engine and the nature of my work.
• Victor, Taganrog. Lawn Next with an onboard platform. Universal car - you can carry any cargo, if necessary, an awning is installed and forward. The average consumption in urban mode is 18-20 liters of diesel fuel. The only thing I don’t understand is why it wasn’t possible to buy a model with an imported diesel engine, it is both more economical and more reliable.
• Igor, Novosibirsk. Lawn-Next, 4.5L engine, 2016. Good, simple and reliable car. For his money, he has no analogues - in any case, foreign cars are much more expensive, and spare parts for them are not cheap. The consumption of a diesel engine with a load of up to 5 tons in the city is about 18-19 liters, in winter up to 21 liters.
• Alexander, Dimitrov. I work as a driver on a cargo-passenger Lawn, with a Cummings engine. I drive a team of adjusters, we often drive on bad roads - there are no problems with cross-country ability. Imported diesel is just a song, pulls wherever you want. I have been working on it for three years, there has never been a serious breakdown or malfunction. Consumes an average of 16-17 liters of diesel fuel, no more.
• Dmitry, Novgorod. We have a couple of Urals, Kamaz trucks and several Next trucks in our garage for transporting small loads. About cross-country ability A lawn with a diesel engine is not inferior to Kamaz, but it is much more convenient to drive and more comfortable. I switched to it from Kamaz and am completely satisfied. Diesel fuel consumption is from 18 to 19 liters, on the highway it consumes 16 liters, no more.
• Denis, Tomsk. Lawn Next, 2014, diesel 4.5 l. On average, the city consumes from 20 to 22 liters, in winter it rises to 25 liters. Even without all-wheel drive, the cross-country ability is normal - it really saved me several times when there were strong snowstorms. I also want to note the high seating position, good visibility and comfortable lounge.
• Nicholas, Cherkessk. Despite all the loud statements, Next is still the same ancient and primitive GAS with all its disadvantages. At a time when the whole world is installing economical diesel engines on trucks, we are stubbornly sculpting our own developments, at crazy expense. My lawn eats in the city from 20 to 25 liters of diesel fuel, compare with foreign cars with their consumption of 15-18 liters of diesel fuel, where is the logic? The build quality, as it was, remained the same - the car began to break down literally a year later, although a new one was bought in the cabin.
• Igor, Podolsk. Version with all-wheel drive and diesel. I note excellent cross-country ability - not the Urals and not the legendary Tablet, but rushing off-road is also excellent. I know what I'm talking about - I often have to travel to such places for work that I drive with one hand and hold the phone with the other, so that if anything, I can call the tractor. But I got stuck only a couple of times and in a really serious mudslide, otherwise everything is fine. Diesel consumption is very small - on a normal road from 16 liters (highway) to 19-20 liters (city).
• Boris, Arkhangelsk. Lawn-Next, a dump truck with a conventional base. The YaMZ turbodiesel engine is very profitable - it consumes only 25 liters, this is the maximum, usually 22-23 liters. On the highway, 90-100 km / h can go freely.