THERMOSTAT COOLANT FOR OPEL ASTRA/J/Sports/Tourer/GTC MERIVA/B/MPV INSIGNIA 1.4L GATES TH509103G1

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. ASTRA Mk VI (J) Estate (P10)
3. ASTRA J (P10)
4. MERIVA B MPV (S10)
5. INSIGNIA A (G09)
6. INSIGNIA A Saloon (G09)
7. ASTRA J GTC
8. ASTRA J Coupe
9. ASTRA Mk VI (J) (P10)
10. ASTRA Mk VI (J) GTC (P10)
11. ZAFIRA TOURER C (P12)
12. ZAFIRA C (P12)
13. ZAFIRA Mk III (P12)
14. INSIGNIA Mk I (A) Hatchback (G09)
15. INSIGNIA Mk I (A) Saloon (G09)
16. INSIGNIA Mk I (A) Sports Tourer (G09)
17. INSIGNIA A Sports Tourer (G09)
18. MOKKA / MOKKA X (J13)
19. AVEO Hatchback (T300)
20. SONIC Hatchback (T300)
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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.