Temperature management medium distributor for an internal combustion engine comprising - first connection openings for: - at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine - at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine and - at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine - second connection openings for heat exchangers , with which heat exchangers heat can be exchanged in a pairwise manner between each of the at least one engine temperature management circuit , the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and the at least one further medium circuit - channel sections to produce fluid connections between the first connection openings and the second connection openings characterised in - that there is provided a first group of the channel sections for the at least one further medium circuit , which, if the heat exchangers are connected, leads a flow of the at least one further medium circuit at first to a heat exchange with the at least one engine temperature management circuit and then to a heat exchange with the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit , and - that there is provided a second group of the channel sections for the at least one further medium circuit , which, if the heat exchangers are connected, leads the flow of the at least one further medium circuit at first to a heat exchange with the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and then to a heat exchange with the at least one engine temperature management circuit . - first connection openings for: - at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine - at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine and - at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine - at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine - at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine and - at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine - second connection openings for heat exchangers , with which heat exchangers heat can be exchanged in a pairwise manner between each of the at least one engine temperature management circuit , the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and the at least one further medium circuit - channel sections to produce fluid connections between the first connection openings and the second connection openings characterised in - that there is provided a first group of the channel sections for the at least one further medium circuit , which, if the heat exchangers are connected, leads a flow of the at least one further medium circuit at first to a heat exchange with the at least one engine temperature management circuit and then to a heat exchange with the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit , and - that there is provided a second group of the channel sections for the at least one further medium circuit , which, if the heat exchangers are connected, leads the flow of the at least one further medium circuit at first to a heat exchange with the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and then to a heat exchange with the at least one engine temperature management circuit . <EOS>