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. SIERRA Hatchback (GBC, GBG)
4. SIERRA (GBG, GB4)
5. GRANADA (GU)
6. SCORPIO I (GAE, GGE)
7. GRANADA Mk III� (GAE, GGE)
8. GRANADA I (GAE, GGE)
9. CAPRI II (GECP)
10. CAPRI Mk II (GECP)
11. CAPRI III (GECP)
12. CAPRI Mk III (GECP)
13. REKORD E (17_, 11_, 14_, 16_, 18_, 19_)
14. REKORD E Estate (61_, 66_, 67_)
15. MANTA A (58_, 59_)
16. MANTA B CC (53_, 55_)
17. MANTA B Hatchback (53_, 55_)
18. MANTA B (58_, 59_)
19. SIERRA Hatchback (GBC)
20. SIERRA Turnier (BNC)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic GATES 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.