Radiator blown, will cylinder head follow?

[Bongomamma]

My radiator blew spectacularly last week, steam filled the cab, que lots of screaming and general grabbing anything of value from inside (I thought the thing was ablaze) the van is with the people in Bodmin (pitstop) who are lovely, and I believe the radiator has been replaced, the guy there said the cylinder head could have also gone but we won't know without driving it (a huge bill I can't really justify) opinions please, who has had a radiator go and not had the head follow? Thank you

[Bob]

Really sorry to hear this, doubtless depends how soon you stopped.

[Bongomamma]

It stopped itself

[The Great Pretender]

Exactly the same thing happened to a friends Bongo, the head wasn’t damaged. The early warning system of steam pouring out of the heater vents helped………
Good luck..........

[Velocette]

It is a lottery, every case is different. If air got into the head water jacket while the engine was running and already hot the chances of distortion and cracks or even a meltdown is fairly high I would think. You may well be lucky, fingers crossed.

[rita]

It stopped itself

Did the engine restart OK, is there any signs of water coming out of the tail pipe.