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. ASTRA J Sports Tourer (P10)
2. AVEO Hatchback (T300)
3. SONIC Hatchback (T300)
4. CRUZE Hatchback (J305)
5. AVEO Saloon (T300)
6. SONIC Saloon (T300)
7. ASTRA J GTC
8. ASTRA J Coupe
9. ZAFIRA TOURER C (P12)
10. ZAFIRA C (P12)
11. INSIGNIA A (G09)
12. INSIGNIA A Saloon (G09)
13. INSIGNIA A Sports Tourer (G09)
14. CRUZE (J300)
15. ASTRA J (P10)
16. MOKKA / MOKKA X (J13)
17. ASTRA J Saloon
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic ABAKUS 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.