cylinder head gasket change on 2.2E ??

[augustin barennes <augustin.barennes@wavecom.fr>]

Hello everybody !

Since i got my Audi, i am a bit anxious with one main point:
my engine is the 2.2E 136 hp with 125M KM on it
The water reservoir of the cooling system is quite brown (beuuuh!) due to sediments, the water smells oil or what... I don't like this color because my old Peugeot had the cylinder head gasket changed for that and my previous small honda civic had still quite perfect blue/green water.... 
Engine still works fine, cooling system does also but....
- is it normal to have such 'non-clear' water at such a quite low mileage ? what about your color !!
- does your cooling system 'drink' water (mine does)
- does it means i will soon have to change the cylinder head gasket ? is it expensive ? (means easy..)

anyway i plan to wash the reservoir but it won't solve the problem...

Thanks for your response
Augustin (digest reader: please post to augustin.barennes@wavecom.fr)
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