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. LAND CRUISER (_J7_)
2. CAREVACA (_J7_)
3. LAND CRUISER PRADO (_J7_)
4. LAND CRUISER Hardtop (_J7_)
5. LAND CRUISER FRP Top (_J7_)
6. LAND CRUISER 90 (_J9_)
7. LAND CRUISER PRADO (_J9_)
8. LAND CRUISER COLORADO (_J9_)
9. MERU (_J9_)
10. FORTUNER (_N5_, _N6_)
11. SW4 (_N5_, _N6_)
12. HILUX SW4 (_N5_, _N6_)
13. HIACE / COMMUTER V Bus (TRH2__, KDH2__, LH2__)
14. VENTURY V Bus (TRH2__, KDH2__, LH2__)
15. QUANTUM V Bus (TRH2__, KDH2__, LH2__)
16. HIACE V Van (TRH2__, KDH2__, LH2__)
17. QUANTUM V Van (TRH2__, KDH2__, LH2__)
18. HIACE IV Bus (__H1_, __H2_)
19. HILUX VI Pickup (_N1_)
20. TACOMA VI Pickup (_N1_)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic SWAG 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.