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On some cars, the engine will shut down when it realizes it's getting too hot.
However, when I blew my gasket, it was because my radiator leaked out too much coolant, and the engine had no idea how hot it was getting. The coolant gauge was at C the whole time. Then the telltale white smoke and car no run no more.
On my girlfriends honda accord, she drove it for 6 months w/o an oil change, and had no oil left in the pan when we decided to take it on a trip on a hot day. The temp. gauge spiked, but the engine shut off and wouldn't let us start until it had cooled down. We limped it to a gas station and put in some oil, and it's been fine for ~5 years since then.
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