Overheating?
I keep reading all these posts about the "overheating problem", yet I still haven't heard from anyone whose SSR has actually overheated. Is it just that the vehicle is designed to run hotter than we are used to seeing? My temperature needle skyrockets up while sitting in traffic on a hot summer day, but the fan(s) cool it back off right away. It does seem like it runs "too" hot, but who am I to judge a GM engineer who designed it this way?
Speaking of that, what do we give up by putting in a lower temperature t-stat? There has to be a reason for designing the engine and cooling system to run this hot. Is it an emission thing, do we get better mileage somehow running hotter, or what? There has got to be a good reason . . . . .