Recently I had a water pump go out while traveling to Florida . It was on the interstate after approx 8 hours driving and I got hardly any warning at all.The bearing in the water pump absolutely disentegrated and it apparently quit pumping immediately. I was on one of those long uphill off ramps and when I heard the pump noise and seen the temp gauge it was so hot that the engine quit when I slowed down. It blew a head gasket and and warped the head. The car had about 100k on it so I did a complete rebuild since I really like the car and plan on keeping it.
Do any of you know of any type engine temp shut off that would shut the engine down in the case of severe overheating ?
Thanks
Ken Day