Thermostat, coolant - 248-88JK MOTORAD

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. 190 (W201)
2. 190 Saloon (W201)
3. HECKFLOSSE (W110)
4. HECKFLOSSE (W111, W112)
5. 123 Saloon (W123)
6. 123 T-Model (S123)
7. 123 Break (S123)
8. 124 Saloon (W124)
9. E-CLASS (W124)
10. E-CLASS Saloon (W124)
11. 124 T-Model (S124)
12. 124 Break (S124)
13. E-CLASS T-Model (S124)
14. E-CLASS Break (S124)
15. S-CLASS (W108, W109)
16. S-CLASS Saloon (W108, W109)
17. S-CLASS (W116)
18. S-CLASS Saloon (W116)
19. S-CLASS (W126)
20. S-CLASS Saloon (W126)
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The principle of the thermostat work

The classic MOTORAD 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.