Stinkapuss

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I've noticed in the cold weather we've been having lately that my car moves when I go to warm it up in neutral. I let go of the clutch and the revs drop and the cars bumps forward a tad.
Obviously its a clutch adjustment but it only does this in the cold weather. Once it warms up its fine. Its a stock clutch with 3k on it and no launches. Anybody else have this ridiculous problem?

DGS

I get that all winter, in Massachusetts. When the gearbox oil gets very cold (and thick), there's a bit of viscous coupling going on inside the gearbox, until the oil warms up.

I let the input shaft "stir" the gearbox oil for a while before trying to go anywhere. Of course, a heated garage is also nice. Alas, the office doesn't have one.

ellivnad

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I have, and it certainly startled me the first time it happened. I asked some of the car guys at work and they assured me it was normal and just due to the extra viscocity from cold gear oil.

Stinkapuss

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Thanks for the replies. Now I know I'm not going insane.

If the car wants to move forward, doesn't it mean the clutch disc is engaged to a point? Especially if it doesn't move when the clutch pedal is push in?

dpwurzer

mine does it too, but i figured it was due to cold gear oil, maybe i might switch to synthetic and maybe it will solve problem. or does it have synt. allready....

Jamdown

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happened to me too....freaked me out

o3evo8

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That really funny i noticed the same thing this morning and was going to post it when i got home from work

webguy330i

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Happens to me too, and it happened numerous times on my last car. No big deal. Things get cold and they act all kinds of out of wack.