I recently noticed that my idle is a bit weird.. sounds almost like there is a load on the alternator (seems to drop down for a second... sputtering almost) and then it'll come back to normal..

there is a tiny bit of oil coming out on the head (sorry, no pics!) ...

It just started to get cold very recently below 0 degrees Celsius, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it..

I'm going to buy some Fuel Injector cleaner.. thought the cat might be clogged up a bit?

The other thought I was was the head gasket... Would explain the sputtering and the oil on the head..

Any thoughts?

Thanks..

Oh.. engine is d15b7..

 

anybody?

 

What have you done since your first post?

 

I haven't done anything yet...I was waiting to see if anybody had any ideas what it might be/had the same problem before...

next fill up I'm going to put in the Fuel injection cleaner and see if that helps out..

if that doesn't do the trick, I'm thinking it is the head gasket.. I'm not very mechanically inclined, and having read up on replacing the head gasket I don't think it's something I'm going to attempt until I get better at this stuff... I'd rather make sure it gets done right..