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Originally Posted by N Camarolina
If there was indeed a pump failure, then oil wouldn't be circulating, which means that the oil temp probe (it's somewhere down low near the oil filter right?) reading 300F was probably underestimating the true temp in the upper part of the engine. And if that's the case, how much accelerated wear and tear might have been done to engine components that haven't already broken. Not sure how the water coolant figures into the mix, it remained at 212F throughout the session, including during the engine failure.
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This part I don't get, the discrepancy between oil temp and coolant temp.
the temp sensor is down near the filter. But even if it's not in the pan itself, I assume it measures temp of oil coming out of the pan. I know my oil temp lags behind my coolant temp by a good bit. So 300 degree oil in the pan while the coolant is 212 does not make sense to me. That's 10 qts of oil at 300 deg!