Patent ID: 9551270
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F01P,F02M

Claim:
1. A control device for an internal combustion engine, the control device that is applied to the internal combustion engine including an Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) cooler which is arranged in an EGR passage introducing an EGR gas into an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and which includes a heat exchange body made of a material including SiC, the control device comprising: a coolant stop control unit that executes coolant stop control to stop a coolant from flowing into the EGR cooler; and a control unit that controls a flow rate of the coolant passing through the EGR cooler to be small in a case of a temperature of the coolant not being less than a predetermined value before the coolant stop control ends in the coolant stop control unit, as compared with a case of a temperature of the coolant being less than the predetermined value before the coolant stop control ends in the coolant stop control unit.