Liquid-cooled internal combustion engine with gate plate and method for controlling the shifting gate of such internal combustion engine

Liquid-cooled internal combustion engine with at least one liquid-cooled cylinder head and a liquid-cooled cylinder block, and a switching gate for on-demand control of a cooling liquid, wherein which has holes arranged in a coolant circuit switching gate least one input and at least three outputs (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) for the coolant, - - to form the refrigerant circuit, a return line in which a heat exchanger is arranged, and the arranged in the return line heat exchanger immediate bypass line are provided, and - having the two shifting gate roller-shaped hollow cylinder and rotatable coaxial storage and receiving the hollow cylinder a housing, - a second hollow cylinder is rotatably mounted in a first cylinder, which is rotatably mounted in the housing, - which opens at least one input of the shift gate into the second hollow cylinder, - the housing to form the at least three outputs (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) of the shifting gate comprises at least three channel sections, and - having each hollow cylinder on the outer surface at least three openings (7, 8), wherein the at least one input at least by rotating a hollow cylinder having at least one output (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e) is at least connectable characterized, in that - at least two outputs (6a) associated with the cylinder block, and / or - at least two outputs (6c) of the return line are assigned.