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DiagnostData Academy

Lubrication and cooling

Lessons

DiagnostData AcademyLubrication and cooling Engine cooling system: circuits and fluid path 3 min
Why the engine needs temperature control, how a closed cooling system works, how the coolant flows through the small and large circuits, why the cylinder head and block get two circuits with two thermostats, and how an electrically heated thermostat works — with examples from different engines.
DiagnostData AcademyLubrication and cooling Thermostats and thermoregulation 3 min
How a wax thermostat works, why the coolant temperature should change with load, how the control unit heats the thermostat using maps, and how a rotary slide valve module controls the coolant flows — with examples from different engines.
DiagnostData AcademyLubrication and cooling Coolant pump and electric pumps 2 min
How the coolant pump is designed and driven, how a switchable pump stops circulation with an annular shroud actuated by vacuum or hydraulics, and how electric pumps work and check themselves — with examples from different engines.
DiagnostData AcademyLubrication and cooling Cooling of charge air 3 min
Why is compressed air cooled, how is a liquid cooler in the intake manifold better than air, how is a separate low-temperature circuit arranged, and how does the supercharged air cooling pump turn on, tell about itself and what happens when it fails.
DiagnostData AcademyLubrication and cooling Cooling system of the 1.8 TFSI BYT engine 2 min
Cross-flow cooling, a thermostat opening at 95 °C, an inner circuit with the heater and turbocharger, the V51 recirculation pump and a coolant pump module belt-driven by the balance shaft.