Internal Combustion Engine for a Motor Vehicle, in Particular for a Car

An internal combustion engine (12) of a motor vehicle, comprising:

• an exhaust tract (20) through which exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine (12) is flowable;
• and
• a secondary air system (22) which has:
• a secondary air conduit (24) through which air as secondary air is flowable in an injection direction (26), wherein the secondary air is introducible into the exhaust tract (20);
• and
• a valve element (10) disposed in the secondary air conduit (24) which has a first flow resistance along the injection direction (26) and a second flow resistance that is greater than the first flow resistance along a backflow direction (28) in an opposite direction to the injection direction (26) such that a backflow in the backflow direction (28) is limitable;
• wherein the valve element (10) has a plurality of rotationally symmetrical impact bodies (30) which are disposed consecutively along the injection direction (26) and are connected to one another and to form an assembly (32), wherein the valve element (10) and thus the assembly (32) is disposed in a length region (L) of the secondary air conduit (24), wherein the length region (L) is limited by a structural element (14) of the internal combustion engine (12), and wherein the structural element is formed separately from the valve element (10) and separately from the assembly (32).