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 C Coupe
2. TAUNUS '80 (GBS, GBNS)
3. CORTINA '80 (GBS, GBNS)
4. GRANADA (GU)
5. SCORPIO I (GAE, GGE)
6. GRANADA Mk III� (GAE, GGE)
7. GRANADA I (GAE, GGE)
8. REKORD D
9. 100 (43, C2)
10. 100 Saloon (43, C2)
11. 5000 (43, C2)
12. 500 (43, C2)
13. REKORD D Estate
14. OMEGA A (V87)
15. OMEGA A Estate (V87)
16. SENATOR A (29_)
17. SENATOR B (V88)
18. MANTA A (58_, 59_)
19. MANTA B (58_, 59_)
20. 100 (44, 44Q, C3)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic VEMO 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.