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. XANTIA (X1_, X2_)
2. 406 Break (8E/F)
3. 406 Estate (8E/F)
4. 406 (8B)
5. 406 Saloon (8B)
6. LAGUNA I (B56_, 556_)
7. 406 Coupe (8C)
8. LAGUNA I Grandtour (K56_)
9. LAGUNA I Nevada (K56_)
10. LAGUNA I Estate (K56_)
11. XM (Y4)
12. XM Break (Y4)
13. XM Estate (Y4)
14. 605 (6B)
15. 605 Saloon (6B)
16. XANTIA Break (X1_, X2_)
17. XANTIA Estate (X1_, X2_)
18. ESPACE III (JE0_)
19. ESPACE Mk III (JE0_)
20. SAFRANE II (B54_)
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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.