Method for operating a combustion machine, combustion machine and motor vehicle

A method to operate a combustion machine having at least an internal combustion engine, a fresh gas line and a cooling system comprising an ambient heat exchanger. A compressor, which can especially be part of an exhaust gas turbocharger, is integrated into the fresh gas line, and an intercooler is integrated between the compressor and the internal combustion engine and also into the cooling system. In case of an increase in the load demand that is made of the operation of the internal combustion engine, the temperature of the coolant flowing in the cooling system and entering the intercooler is lowered. As a result, the cooling output of the intercooler is increased and consequently, the temperature of the fresh gas (charge air) entering the internal combustion engine is also lowered. The associated increase in the density of the charge air leads to an increased filling of the combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine which, especially in conjunction with the use of an exhaust gas turbocharger, has a positive effect on the build-up of the charge pressure and thus on the dynamic operating behavior of the internal combustion engine as well as on the start-up and elasticity output of a motor vehicle.