take it to autozone and have them pull one from stock for your car. then look at their markings and temperature settings . the temperatre it is good for will usually be stamped on the bottom of top.
Take your thermostat out and put everything back together, run your car without a thermostat... If your car no longer overheats, replace your thermostat.
It is not any possible to tell the type of car from the thermostat.
is car thermostat necessary in a tropicalize car?
no, the thermostat would have nothing to do with the car not starting.
The temperature gauge on a car fluctuates because the car's thermostat is opening and closing. The gauge goes up when the thermostat closes and the gauge goes down when the thermostat opens.
Must be sticking, replace the thermostat.
In a car thermostat the element is wax
Yes the temperature gauge will still work. If it stuck open the car will run cool. If it is stuck closed the car will overheat.
buy a haynes repair manual at auto zone or a similar store it will tell you where eveything in your car is and how to fix it.
Usually the car would run cool, unless the thermostat is stuck partially open.
One can change the thermostat on a Chevy car by draining the coolant and disconnecting the upper radiator hose. The thermostat housing is then unbolted, the old thermostat removed, and a new unit placed in the housing.
Thermostat will open sooner car may not necessarily run cooler