My wrangler 2001 won't start

It has been sitting for a couple years. have been doing a lot of work on it, got the cylinders lubed real good, eventually started. liftershad collapsedbut that worked out and it ran smooth and strong for a good half an hour. the check guage light came on and then it shut off. turns over and cranks, sounds like it wants to, but wont start. the motor was extremely hot, though the temp guage only said 220. there was so much heat the grill was hot. does it have a safety where one of the temp switches will signal the computer to keep it from starting when it is too hot?