Patent ID: 8662027

Claim:
A cylinder block for a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder or a cylinder group consisting of several cylinders which are cast together, a liquid compartment which encloses the cylinder or the cylinder group and which is enclosed by an outside wall, with gaps being provided between the cylinder or outer cylinders of the cylinder group and an outside wall of the cylinder block through which a cooling liquid flows from one side to another side of the cylinder or cylinder group, and a plug which reduces a cross section being arranged in at least one gap, wherein the plug is arranged in a water transfer port to or from a cylinder head, wherein the plug can be inserted into the transfer port in an interlocking fashion and only in one defined position, and wherein the plug includes at least one positioning bracket rigidly connected thereto for pressing the plug against a wall of the transfer port, wherein the plug is arranged in a region of a lateral inlet port for the liquid into the liquid compartment, with a convex side of the plug facing incoming cooling liquid.