| With their founder being the first person to officially | | | | which normally uses a mixture of water or antifreeze. |
| release a "true" automobile, Mercedes Benz has | | | | Equipped with a radiator fastened behind the car's grill |
| always been about coming up with many firsts in their | | | | to hold the coolant, the process generally means |
| line of work. Founded by Karl Benz in 1871, the | | | | circulating the fluid to absorb the heat and disperse it |
| Mercedes Benz company has made a name mainly | | | | through to the air that passes through the grill as the |
| for their limousines and sports cars. Mercedes Benz | | | | car moves forward. Of course a cooling system does |
| also made some notable contributions in automotive | | | | lower the temperature generated of the engine, but in |
| technology, this would include, but not limited to fuel | | | | reality a certain heat is still needed for the engine to |
| injection, anti-lock brakes, stability control, and brake | | | | work on optimal levels, hence there is as a need to |
| assists, most of which are now incorporated by their | | | | control the flow of the coolant. Mercedes Benz and |
| competitors' own designs. Since being one of the | | | | other car makers have always relied on the use of |
| oldest car automakers still operational today, it can be | | | | thermostats to get the job done. A Mercedes Benz |
| argued that Mercedes Benz has a better | | | | thermostat is standard to all models and product lines, |
| understanding of what makes a car tick. Internal | | | | which is normally a wax pellet sealed inside a chamber. |
| combustion engines have been the industry standard | | | | An expansion provision is located in the same |
| for more than a century, and is projected to retain that | | | | chamber which operates a rod that opens the valve |
| status for a few more years. While most of the | | | | which regulates the flow of the coolant. As the engine |
| innovations that Mercedes has pioneered steers (no | | | | hits operating temperature, the wax melts and |
| pun intended) more to the safety side, the German | | | | expands to the provision, thus toggling the rod and |
| automaker has kept the quality up on the engine side, | | | | opening the valves to let the coolant flow freely into |
| as evident in the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren | | | | the engine. The composition of the wax is matched to |
| (fastest automatic road car), BRABUS W211 (fastest | | | | the operating temperature of the particular engine, |
| street-legal saloon), or the Mercedes-AMG 6208cc | | | | since engines have different operational levels. Worn |
| M156 (most powerful naturally aspirated V8 engine). | | | | out thermostats could prove problematic, causing |
| Producing engines that perform on those levels | | | | overheating in worst case scenarios. Most modern |
| requires an effective cooling system, as the heat | | | | engines are also susceptible to increase emissions |
| coming produced by the engine can be quite damaging | | | | since they need to run in particularly high temperatures |
| to numerous parts including the engine itself. Earlier | | | | to decrease the amount of pollutants. A replacement |
| automobiles were produced with air-cooled engines, | | | | for Mercedes thermostats are easy enough to find, |
| but nowadays, most engines use fluid-cooled systems | | | | either with a local dealership or through the Internet. |