water pump?

[Spatt]

I posted on FB yesterday but here's what i know

 

Yesterday i drove the car for maybe 10 minutes from cold start and noticed the fan had come on (ive never ever heard them before)

 

The engine water temp gauge went to the top and i stopped the engine

 

I noticed the following

 

Engine was very hot

water pipe (the curved on at the top) was under pressure and was harder than normal to squeeze and was hot to touch

top of radiator plastic very hot

water level in bottle had gone up past max

water temp was cool

 

I unscrewed the water bleed valve at the rear of the engine and water came out under pressure

 

I managed to limp the car home after waiting for it to cool

 

 

This morning, I opened the bleed valve again at the rear (engine off) and it bubbled a bit, i assume air was going into the system as no water was coming out

 

From my understanding to bleed the system you start the engine, unscrew the bleed screw, wait for water to come out and tighten up? I tried that this morning and nothing came out after a few minutes of running. I checked and my engine temp needle started to move up as the engine warmed, i didn't want to let it go up high so i stopped the engine. I assume my water pump may have gone?

 

 

Just wondering if anyone can shed any more light on what I've found.

 

 

thanks,

 

Matt