well... got back from a nice meal with the mrs last night at the trafford center, about a 25 minute run, thought id just let it cool for a minute before a turned off the ignition and it started really quietly to scream as though a kettle was boiling, this just got louder and louder and clouds of smoke started to pile out of the engine bay i turned the engine off and tried to source the problem as it was pitch dark couldn't see much, then once the smoke had calmed down thought id check the water in the radiator and expansion bottle and was empty, so filled up with water to try and source where is was leaking and started her up again and ran fine, again as soon as i turned it off steam and screaming noises again looked closely and it was coming from the rear of the engine.....
so next morning straight round to my mates and checked the radiator hoses and they had corroded so just for a temp job we trimmed the bad off and connected them back up, filled it back up ran it for 10 minutes turned off and again a little bit of smoke, so lifted rad cap off and it had so much pressure in it was untrue came out like there had been 12 kettles boiling in there.. so tomorrow going picking up a rad cap seeing if this helps release the pressure, and need some new hoses so anyone who has any speak now and also thinking of replacing the radiator, but in terms of the head being gone, i think im safe to say it hasn't no smoke coming from the rear, exhaust or anything and running and sounds perfect still. also the matrix hose is still heating up so thinking this isn't blocked however just to be sure going to check it isn't blocked tomorrow just wondering if anyone has anything to say about this or any help you could offer, and wanted to make sure my baby's going to be ok from your opinions ??
thanks alot