Thanks for the compliments from one of the two brightest participants on the brickboard.

In my experience while the engine may be toast, it may not be. I bought a good running 1994 B230FT that had experienced that degree of overheating. The rear half of the upper timing cover was badly melted. The engine paint was burnt near number 1 cylinder, but it ran great. The head was badly warped (but the head gasket was not blown), and the cost to straighten it exceeded the cost of another used head. I had a used head gone through by a local machine shop.

If the engine got really hot, the rings will have lost their spring tension (ask me how I learned about that), and the engine will consume lots of oil. But it is worth looking at.

If you do any bottom end engine work with head work, the cost will exceed the cost of a fine used engine.

Please give me some feedback.
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john