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. 308 I (4A_, 4C_)
2. 206 CC (2D)
3. 206 Hatchback (2A/C)
4. 307 (3A/C)
5. C3 I (FC_, FN_)
6. 307 SW (3H)
7. 206 SW (2E/K)
8. C3 Pluriel (HB_)
9. C2 (JM_)
10. 307 Break (3E)
11. 307 Estate (3E)
12. C4 I (LC_)
13. C4 Coupe (LA_)
14. 1007 (KM_)
15. 307 CC (3B)
16. XSARA PICASSO (N68)
17. 207 (WA_, WC_)
18. 207/207+ (WA_, WC_)
19. BERLINGO MULTISPACE (B9)
20. BERLINGO Box Body/MPV (B9)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic 3RG 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.