Can this really happen?...Belt snap, and then dead engine?...

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

On modern all alloy engines, snapped serpentine belts have probably claimed more engines than any other issue such as the IMS issue in the M96/97. Completely avoidable, but also very common.

Don't you get a warning by way of engine/coolant indicator light on the dash when temps get too high? Why would anyone not just stop and pull over instead of keep driving?

[BoxsterSteve]

Originally Posted by Boxtaboy

Don't you get a warning by way of engine/coolant indicator light on the dash when temps get too high?

Sure, that and the temperature gauge needle would peg full hot.
He'd have had to look at the gauges periodically and know what it meant...

Damn shame, such a nice looking low mile car being relegated to roller status.

[bwdz]

I see a tow hook in the video, guy drove it till it burned up and then towed it, idiot.

[jcslocum]

Originally Posted by Boxtaboy

Don't you get a warning by way of engine/coolant indicator light on the dash when temps get too high? Why would anyone not just stop and pull over instead of keep driving?

Most folks don't really understand what they are being told by the gauges. The engine is in a no air flow place and the cooling system is quite complex. Once the pump stopped pumping, it wasn't long before something bad happened. He could have just been trying to get it off the highway to a safe place and once he shut it down, that was all she wrote.

A sad ending for sure.