hole in my head

Sorry, I didn't answer this part... The engine seemed to be running okay. My biggest mistake was not running a compression check before putting it in the car. It took me weeks to get it running half decent in the garage. The whole time I noticed white smoke at the exhaust. It was winter and very cold so I wrote it off to that. Now I'm not so sure it was due to the cold. On a warm spring day I took her out and stepped on it. That's when the freeze plug popped.