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. KADETT D (31_-34_, 41_-44_)
2. KADETT D Estate (35_, 36_, 45_, 46_)
3. KADETT E Hatchback (T85)
4. KADETT E (T85)
5. MONZA E (T85)
6. KADETT E Estate (T85)
7. ASCONA C Hatchback (J82)
8. ASCONA C (J82)
9. VECTRA A Hatchback (J89)
10. VECTRA A (J89)
11. REKORD E (17_, 11_, 14_, 16_, 18_, 19_)
12. REKORD E Estate (61_, 66_, 67_)
13. MANTA B CC (53_, 55_)
14. MANTA B Hatchback (53_, 55_)
15. MANTA B (58_, 59_)
16. ASTRA F Hatchback (T92)
17. ASTRA F (T92)
18. OPTIMA F (T92)
19. ASTRA F Estate (T92)
20. ASTRA Hatchback
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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.