cheers mate, seems the car is doomed now.... head gasket gone. spent 9 hours on the hard shoulder saturday waiting for RAC. Turns out after assessing it myself, theres a split in the top pipe to the radiator, so water was spraying out. dropped the oil today and it was milky when it first came out the sump. So it needs head gasket, clutch, spark plugs, oil, oil filter, ht leads, and a back tyre. Not sure its worth spending that much on a car worth 1k. Just gotta decide whether to split for parts or just bang it on ebay needing head gasket, cheers for your help