When you say: “a coolant pipe blew” was it a rigid pipe or a flexible hose? Did the hose blow clean off or just split and die of old age?
A rigid pipe would only fail due to corrosion of the pipe.
A hose blowing off could be due to a loose or shitty hose clamp ( easy fix), unless it’s due to an over pressurised cooling system a much more serious problem, a thermostat not opening could do this, but more likely a blown head gasket, cracked head or a cylinder liner problem would be likely culprits.
A hose that has croaked it due to old age should be an easy fix, if it hasn’t overheated and done more damage.
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