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how to avoid toasted engine?? 700

posted by  someone claiming to be muchostupido on  Mon Jul 15 19:34 CST 2002 [RELATED]

There were a few posts regarding sudden coolant loss
resulting in a toasted engine.

My question is : how can I avoid that on the freeway?

My idea is: In case I notice a rapid overheating,
I would switch the tranny (ZF-auto) in neutral and shut off the engine,
so that the car can roll a quarter mile more until a save stop.
What else should I do on the far left lane on the freeway at 70mph?
Is that a safe way or would I kill the tranny ?
Or am I totally wrong?

TIA

PS I know how to carefully switch off the
ignition without locking the steering.
I had to do it on another car some years ago,
where the throttle was stuck fully open.





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