Thermostat is a device for maintaining a static (constant) temperature, as its name implies. There are thermostats of different designs in many devices and mechanisms, from water heaters to refrigerators. There is also a thermostat in a car's internal combustion engine (liquid-cooled, of course). In a car, the thermostat regulates the temperature of the coolant (antifreeze): it accelerates the warm-up of a cold engine and provides heat removal from the hot one. Therefore, the engine works more efficiently and more comfortably for the driver, especially in winter - without a thermostat, the stove would usually blew cold air.

1. ESCORT II (ATH)
2. ESCORT Mk II (ATH)
3. ESCORT III (GAA)
4. CORSA A Hatchback (S83)
5. KADETT B Coupe
6. KADETT B
7. RALLYE B
8. KADETT B Estate
9. KADETT C City
10. KADETT C
11. K 180 C
12. KADETT C Coupe
13. KADETT C Estate
14. KADETT D (31_-34_, 41_-44_)
15. KADETT D Estate (35_, 36_, 45_, 46_)
16. KADETT E Hatchback (T85)
17. KADETT E (T85)
18. MONZA E (T85)
19. KADETT E Estate (T85)
20. ASCONA B (81_, 86_, 87_, 88_)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic DT Spare Parts brand Thermostat, coolant is a movable valve that moves due to a change in the external environment - heating or cooling of antifreeze. The thermostat is made of a thermoelement filled with a substance resembling wax in structure - ceresin, with the addition of copper powder, graphite or aluminum for better thermal conductivity. At a certain temperature of the antifreeze, ceresin expands, opening the thermostat valve. When the motor cools down, ceresin contracts and the thermostat closes again.