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15k? jesus wept, have it booked in early march so will have a chat with the guys there and see what they say but if it is that expensive, i don't really see the point, will probs just get as safely as I can to 400.

Hello all, been troubleshooting my overheating problems recently, looking like it might not be a head gasket issue afterall. But if it is a headgasket issue i assume it will be a full rebuild which would be a few grand anyways, thus giving me an excuse to try and upgrade the engine while its out. Car is at 330~ right now with stock internals, front mount, Re map, BOV and air filter. To get me around 450hp would it be forged bottom end + bigger turbo? How much would that cost, just trying to get my head around it all.

pic from yesterday, what's that in my coolant? I thought this was an oily film but im not sure.

thanks for the info, a specialist is looking at it at the start of march, in the meantime i'll look for some leaky piping, sometimes when I look to the bottom of the engine bay, there will usually be a small gathering of liquid under the radiator (I have an engine under guard).

also the heater inside is kicking out nice warm air.

another update, tinkered with it some more, no more bubbling from coolant, temps stay around half now (took it for a drive too), exhausts smoke seems to be condensation, but there is smoke (burning anti-freeze smell) coming from under the radiator/piping, which I'm suspecting is a leaky pipe or radiator as it only starts to smoke when the car is up to temp, maybe its burning off the leaky liquid?

Okey dokey 😥

Another update, took the radicator cap off this morning, has some sort of oily film on top of coolant, white smoke from the exhaust, also smelt the rad cap and it stinks of exhaust gasses, along with the expansion tank/cap.

May I also add they did a basic emmisions test, I know it's an exhaust test but if it did have high HC PPM (which it doesn't), wouldn't that be a hint that something was possibly wrong with the Headgasket or other internals?

yeah i've just been told it could be a possible airlock, the overflow was changed along with its cap as it was bubbling (rougly a month ago), if it is the gasket afterall, I might just get it forged while i'm at is as the engine will be out anyway. I'm taking it to someone tommorow hopefully.

kt green subaru said that, but that's if nothing else was affected, he said with possible piston damage among other things it could be around 3.5k, he also said it might not even be the gasket

Noticed it was hitting max temp cruising on the way back from bridlington, car reaches near max temp after idling for 10 mins. Sent it to a garage as they said its probably the thermostat, they replaced it and its still overheating, said it could be a headgasket issue, which from subaru themselves or scoobyclinic it would be roughly £2.5k+ because it's practically a rebuild. Tried burping the coolant system, lots of bubbles but still overheating and it was getting dark so couldn't do much more. No hot air coming through the air vents inside, just cold... Any thoughts?

2nd hand maf was only 14 quid so not too bad.

Hey all, recently bought my first subaru and it already has a problem :( Basically if I thrash it from first gear its all fine, but if im in 3rd gear cruising at a low-ish RPM, then decide to put my foot down, it gets into boost but when it hits about 4k RPM it start resisting so I have to change gear. I've been told it could be the MAF sensor? so I've ordered a second hand one to see if it is the problem or not. Any help is appreciated.