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. KADETT E Convertible (T85)
8. TAUNUS '80 (GBS, GBNS)
9. CORTINA '80 (GBS, GBNS)
10. ASCONA C Hatchback (J82)
11. ASCONA C (J82)
12. GRANADA (GU)
13. SCORPIO I (GAE, GGE)
14. GRANADA Mk III� (GAE, GGE)
15. GRANADA I (GAE, GGE)
16. CAPRI II (GECP)
17. CAPRI Mk II (GECP)
18. CAPRI III (GECP)
19. CAPRI Mk III (GECP)
20. VECTRA A Hatchback (J89)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic VALEO 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.