Originally Posted by
n2cus
ok had the garage on found out what has happened popped a water hoseit. off and cooked the cylinder head

you wont cook the cylinder head just by a pipe popping off unless you carried on driving It. if so then its your own fault .
I would want to know whats cooked how did they find out whats cooked and the proof please. a20 pipe is much easier fix than 500quid headgasket. are you sure noone is on a fiddle.