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. FIESTA III (GFJ)
2. FIESTA Mk III (GFJ)
3. ESCORT V (AAL, ABL)
4. ESCORT Mk VI (AAL, ABL)
5. ORION III (GAL)
6. VERONA III (GAL)
7. MONDEO I (GBP)
8. MONDEO � (GBP)
9. MONDEO I Saloon (GBP)
10. MONDEO � Saloon (GBP)
11. ESCORT V Turnier (ANL)
12. ESCORT NOMADE V Turnier (ANL)
13. ESCORT V Break (ANL)
14. ESCORT Mk V Turnier (ANL)
15. ESCORT V Convertible (ALL)
16. ESCORT Mk V Convertible (ALL)
17. MONDEO I Turnier (BNP)
18. MONDEO I Clipper (BNP)
19. MONDEO � Turnier (BNP)
20. MONDEO I Rural (BNP)
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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.