Years ago in a completely different "Detroit" model, & going about 75 on the interstate, the car blew a radiator hose & dumped the entire cooling system contents into the air cleaner intake snorkle.
The engine died so quickly that there was no time to overheat. Thankfully, no bent (hydrauliced) connecting rods. Terrible mess to clean up under the hood.
Maybe better to have it on the windshield?
Another time, same car, the air cleaner housing insulated from the carb by a heavy fiber gasket, fiber insulating washer under the air cleaner lid hold down nut, no connection to ground. The coil wire arced to the electrically insulated air cleaner & from the inside of the cleaner across the gasket to the inside of the carb. Large underhood fire. when the Air Cond. Freon hose burned through, large noise, escaping Freon, & toxic gas cloud. Thankfully, a fire truck with large CO2 extinguisher was only two minutes away. Removed the insulator so that the thing was now grounded.
Just had to ramble a bit.
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