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.

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2. 3 Saloon (E30)
3. COLT II (C1_A)
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5. COLT Mk II (C1_A)
6. COLT III (C5_A)
7. COLT III (C5_A, RD, RE)
8. COLT Mk III (C5_A)
9. LANCER I (A7_)
10. LANCER I Saloon (A7_)
11. LANCER I Station Wagon (A7_V)
12. LANCER III (C1_A, C6_A)
13. COLT III Saloon (C1_A, C6_A, RD, RE)
14. LANCER Mk III (C1_A, C6_A)
15. LANCER III Station Wagon (C1_V, C3_V)
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17. LANCER Mk III Station Wagon (C1_V, C3_V)
18. LANCER IV (C6_A, C7_A)
19. LANCER IV (C6_A, C7_A, CA, CB)
20. LANCER Mk IV (C6_A, C7_A)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic HOFFER 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.