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. VECTRA (B) Saloon (J96)
2. VECTRA (B) Hatchback (J96)
3. VECTRA (B) Estate (J96)
4. ASTRA G Hatchback (T98)
5. ASTRA G Estate (T98)
6. ASTRA Mk IV (G) Hatchback (T98)
7. ASTRA Mk IV (G) Saloon (T98)
8. ASTRA Mk IV (G) Estate (T98)
9. ZAFIRA Mk I (A) (T98)
10. ASTRA G Saloon (T98)
11. ASTRAVAN Mk IV (G) Estate Van (T98)
12. ASTRA G Estate Van (F70)
13. ASTRA G Delvan (F70)
14. ZAFIRA A MPV (T98)
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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.