The present disclosure provides a water pump for a vehicle including an impeller with an impeller discharging port configured to pump and discharge coolant, a shroud movably installed to open and close the impeller discharging port, a first pushing unit configured to push the shroud in a direction of opening the impeller discharging port, and a second pushing unit configured to push the shroud in a direction of closing the impeller discharging port.

A method for ventilating a crankcase of an internal combustion engine using natural gas as a fuel source may include filtering ambient air through an air filter. The method may also include heating the filtered ambient air by a jacket heat exchanger. The method may further include directing the heated ambient air through an inlet of the crankcase to purge blow-by gases including natural gas from the crankcase.

A generator set configured to provide an electrical output to an external electrical load. The generator set includes an engine configured to drive an electric generator, the engine including an engine block, where the electric generator is configured to couple to the external electrical load. The generator set includes a heating system in fluid communication with the engine block, the heating system including an electric fluid heater, where the electric jacket fluid includes a resistive load configured to supplement the external electrical load. The generator set includes a control system for: monitoring a first parameter of the engine; generating a first control signal in response to the first parameter being less than a first threshold; and increasing the external electrical load by turning on the electric fluid heater in response to the first control signal.

A washer fluid reservoir includes an outer wall, a washer fluid reservoir chamber defined within the outer wall and an integral heating element in the washer fluid reservoir chamber. The integral heating element includes a heat transfer efficiency heating feature. A washer fluid heating system incorporating the washer fluid reservoir is also disclosed.

Provided is a flow control valve which improves a mounting efficiency. An MCV8 includes a housing including a valve-element housing portion, a first communicating aperture which introduces cooling water, which is flown out of a first water channel formed in an engine, to a valve-element housing portion, and a second communicating aperture which discharges the cooling water in the valve-element housing portion to a second water channel formed in the engine; a rotor accommodated in the valve-element housing portion and configured to change a flow rate of the cooling water discharged to the second water channel, according to a rotation angle of the rotor; and a drive mechanism configured to control the rotation angle of the rotor. The first and second communicating apertures open in an engine-side mounting surface of the housing.

A cylinder block assembly may include a cylinder block, a cylinder body disposed in the cylinder block, with a plurality of cylinder bores formed in the cylinder body, a fluid jacket, which is formed between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder block and an outer circumferential surface of the cylinder body, and through which coolant flows, and a block insert disposed in the water jacket and configured to guide a flow of coolant, wherein the cylinder block may include a second block coolant outlet, which is formed at a second side in a surface of an exhaust side of the cylinder block, and through which the coolant in the water jacket is discharged, and wherein the exhaust side may include a side at which combustion gas is exhausted out of the cylinder body.

An auxiliary heating system comprising interconnected piping which forms a closed fluid flow circuit for permitting a passage of coolant therein, and having formed chamber openings along a length thereof to receive at least one heating element which projects into the closed fluid flow circuit to be in direct contact with, and heat, the coolant. A pump is provided for circulating the coolant, along with a flow switch for monitoring flow of the coolant through the closed fluid flow circuit, wherein if the flow has ceased through the closed fluid flow circuit, the flow switch instructs the system to deactivate the heating elements.

Provided is an internal combustion engine, comprising at least one cooling device for cooling at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine during and/or after operation of the internal combustion engine. The at least one cooling device has at least one heat exchanger and lines for transporting the at least one operational liquid to and from the at least one heat exchanger. The heat exchanger exchanges heat with a cooling medium, which cooling medium has during the operation of the internal combustion engine a lower temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine. Heat is exchanged by the heat exchanger between the at least one operational liquid and the cooling medium, which cooling medium has before and/or during a starting operation of the internal combustion engine a higher temperature than the at least one operational liquid of the internal combustion engine.

An electric power plant includes at least one electric machine operable as a generator when rotated by a piston engine. The electric power plant includes a control system for interrupting the fuel supply of the piston engine in response to a need to interrupt power supply from the electric machine, and for reactivating the fuel supply in response to a need to reactivate the power supply. The control system is configured to keep the electric machine connected to voltage when the fuel supply of the piston engine is interrupted so as to operate the electric machine as an electric motor for rotating the piston engine. As the electric machine and the piston engine are rotating when the power supply from the electric machine is interrupted, the reactivation of the power supply can be fast.

A heating system for an engine includes a heater and a heat exchanger. The heater increases the temperature of an engine coolant and circulates the engine coolant into the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is located with an oil pan. The heat exchanger received the heated engine coolant and transfers heat from the engine coolant into engine lubricant in the oil pan. The engine coolant flows from the heat exchanger into an engine block of the engine. The engine coolant transfers heat to the engine block and flows back to the heater to be heated again.