How long does it take to stop a vehicle doing 85 MPH, 10-15 seconds? Engine overheated and ceased in 15 second? There is a bright red light in temp gauge that comes on whenever there is an overheat danger. People love to cover that up with a picture of loved once.
they cover up the CEL here that way. when i get a car in for an oil change, if i see any pictures on the instrument cluster, i look behind it.
it was also more than likely running redline temp for some time before the housing finally let loose.
in our shop race car, the only thing that saved that engine, was the fact that i like redundancy. besides the oil pressure gauge, i put a big red light on the dash. hooked it to a switch set for 20psi.
sure enough, on a round i won.......think i ran a 10.23 or somewhere close......right on my number. lifted the throttle to decelerate, and that big red light nearly blinded me. i looked over at the oil pressure just as i reached up to shut the ignition off....and sure enough, it was dropping just past 20psi according to the gauge.
