Brp-Rotax Gmbh & Co Kg

Felix Labonte

Roland Ennsmann

Luc Champigny

Sebastien Thibault

Bruno Schuehmacher

Frederic Desjardins

Michael Seyrl

Roland Wimmer

A vehicle including an engine; a turbocharger, an intake air flow path of the vehicle defined from air entering the vehicle, passing through the compressor, and flowing into the engine air inlet; a coolant container assembly; a temperature sensor configured for determining a temperature in the intake air flow path; and a controller configured to selectively cause cooling liquid to flow from the coolant container into the intake air flow path. A method for managing engine air intake temperature or piston temperature of a turbocharged vehicle including: sensing a temperature of fluid within the air intake flow path, determining an estimated piston temperature; and in response to the estimated piston temperature and/or the temperature of the fluid being above threshold temperatures, causing an amount of cooling liquid to flow from a coolant container to the air intake flow path.

System and method for managing piston temperature in a vehicle

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Roxton Pond, Canada

Felix Labonte