My spec D cut out down the motorway the other day only for about 1 second, I had a look under the bonnet today and it looks like there is oil residue in the water reservoir Do you think its the head gasket ? the wife dove today and said the water temp was up a little!
Is it a major job if its just the head gasket?
These things always happen at the worst time

 

2.5's ahhhh! Best get it looked at pronto !

 

funny i have just taken it out and everything's fine temp and performance I emptied the water coolant bottle out and it wasn't exactly oily it was more really dirty water with some sort of deposits in it. Also the other reservoir in the middle of the engine bay is fine not what I would call oily just dirty, now the wife is saying that the temp gauge didn't go over half way

 

My car used to cut out a lot, even on motorway but it turned out to be the MAF..

 

When it cut out were you booting it ? could have been simple overboost. Do you have a boost gauge to be able to check ?

HG's are defo an issue but paranoia does tend to set in when something out of character happens. What coolant is in there, I have heard of coagulation and discolouration of coolant depending on the original mix and moving to organic/Hybrid OAT etc etc etc zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

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Yes I was giving it some beans when it cut out but no engine light or any other issues. Yes again paranoia has definitely set in, I think that's the problem with forums you tend to hear too many bad storeys. Not sure what coolant was in there? I do know that when I had my 30000 mile service with main dealer Subaru it was very green now 52000 very dark
No don't have a boost gauge!