She was driving on dual carraigeway, saw engine management light come on, thought nothing of it Failed to notice the temp gauge was as high as it could get , and drove it another 8-10miles before stopping, when the car was making "whuring noises"

Plugs 1,2,4 are CLEAN and plug 3 is quite sooty. All the water has gone

When you turn it over it sounds like no compression, so sounds like headgaskets gone, but could have warped the head or cracked it as it got so hot?

Doesn't appear to be water in the oil when you pull dipstick out

I'm thinking there may have been a seperate water leak, before the head gasket let go??

Any ideas/opinions/what to do first before taking it to bits would be great

It was parked on drive last night, coolant dripping down the side of the block, and down the sump, couldn't see where from, but hopefully head gasket and not head/block; however this was nearly 2hrs after it was stopped, and had been recovered home.

Plus the car never actually died itself, was still running till she turned it off

Also worth mentioning oil must have sprayed out the breather pipe off the rocker cover, as this made some steam as it went over the inlet manifold.

Cheers