well just an update and you would be proud of me guys!

I walked a mile to the local car place and got some hose tape, walked back rolled up my sleeves, pulled out the water bottle and the power steering fluid bottle.

cut my wrists to shreds trying to clean the hose up, then managed to wrap the hose with amalgamating tape, then a layer of fabric tape, then another layer of amalgamating tape then the last layer of fabric tape. bottles back....

then started her up and poured the water in, let it sink then poured again and so on until she sat right. checked under it and no leak.

got a text to say the garage had managed to get me a bottle and hose from the local scrappy so it was swarfega on the hands, a prayer and off to the garage with the heaters on full to make sure she didnt suddenly blow cold air at me and a huge bottle of water in the back seat!

got her there without a problem and everything is now fixed (crossed fingers).

new tyres fitted 2 days ago, just need to get the tracking done then a full service and the rear fuel filter replaced and i hope to hell this is all the problems sorted...

to anme a few things I've done / had done... rocker cover gasket, lower arms and bushes, idle control valve, MAF sensor, lamda sensor, new tyres, new hose and bottle, tyres and just left to do tracking and the service and shes going in to have the exhaust welded next week as the join in the pipes is leaking.

shes going 100 times better now that she ever did, and shes got 97bhp yeay! LOL