[NoTheOtherMikey]

EDIT: fixed but now no spark. Any ideas?

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After a bit of an overheat on the track today, I made the mistake of trying to nurse the car (1984 944) home.

Temp needle pegged; I looked for a place to pull off and when I found one the engine died. Coasted into a parking lot and found that underhood temps were so high the oil was smoking.

Waited a couple of hours and once it cooled down some I tried to restart. Sounded like it wanted to a few times but no joy. No clanking noises and the engine isn't seized.

Thoughts:

Could be a blown head gasket.
--Haven't drained the oil yet but on the dipstick no evidence of anything but burnt-smelling oil.

To diagnose head gasket, do a compression test, correct?

Could be that the engine management system went into some kind of no start mode? Not sure if this car is so equipped.

Any other thoughts or suggestions on where I should go from here? I'm OK with a wrench and don't want to pour $$ into having someone else work on this.