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. IS II (_E2_)
2. IS II Saloon (_E2_)
3. RX (_L1_)
4. HS (ANF10)
5. COLT III (C5_A)
6. COLT III (C5_A, RD, RE)
7. COLT Mk III (C5_A)
8. LANCER IV Hatchback (C6_A, C7_A)
9. LANCER IV Hatchback (C6_A, C7_A, CA, CB)
10. LANCER Mk IV Hatchback (C6_A, C7_A)
11. L 300 III Van (P0_V, P1_V, P_2V)
12. EXPRESS III Van (SF, SG, SH, SJ, WA, P0_V, P1_V, P_2V)
13. DELICA III Van (P0_V, P1_V, P_2V)
14. L 300 III Bus (P0_W, P1_W, P2_W, P3_W)
15. STARWAGON III Bus (P0_W, P1_W, P2_W, SD, SE, SF, SG, SH, SJ,
16. DELICA III Bus (P0_W, P1_W, P2_W, P3_W)
17. PAJERO II Canvas Top (V2_W, V4_W)
18. MONTERO � Canvas Top (V2_W, V4_W)
19. PAJERO/SHOGUN � Canvas Top (V2_W, V4_W)
20. PAJERO/SHOGUN II Canvas Top (V2_W, V4_W)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic METZGER 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.