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Driving on ice - is doing this for a prolonged period bad for the car?

  • 05-01-2010 12:19AM
    #1
    muffy
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    I guess this is a silly question, and if I was driving correctly it won't do any damage, but I'm starting to feel this high-gear slow pace driving is wearing my car out. I am worried for my clutch! (97 Clio has frequent clutch problems, :( so I like to be delicate on it ). Is there any possible effects this will have on a car?


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  • #2
    Hal1
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    Yea, you'd be right to worry about the clutch.


  • #3
    Anan1
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    The clutch will only wear while it's slipping, ie only when you're starting off or changing gears.


  • #4
    muffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭muffy


    Anan1 wrote: »
    The clutch will only wear while it's slipping, ie only when you're starting off or changing gears.


    The gear changes were VERY stiff today, held up the car behind me trying to get into first at one stage, felt like i was forcing it...


  • #5
    Mjollnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭Mjollnir


    muffy wrote: »
    The gear changes were VERY stiff today, held up the car behind me trying to get into first at one stage, felt like i was forcing it...

    Put it in reverse before you put it in first.

    You're welcome.


  • #6
    muffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭muffy


    Mjollnir wrote: »
    Put it in reverse before you put it in first.

    You're welcome.

    I'll try this! Thank you.


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  • #7
    daveharnett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,567 ✭✭✭daveharnett


    muffy wrote: »
    The gear changes were VERY stiff today, held up the car behind me trying to get into first at one stage, felt like i was forcing it...
    That's normal. The oil in the gearbox is thicker when it's cold, making the changes stiffer. Not a problem in the long term.


  • #8
    Mjollnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭Mjollnir


    muffy wrote: »
    I'll try this! Thank you.

    I hope it helps you.


  • #9
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    It's not likely that a few days/weeks of cold will affect the car.
    The same brands we drive here are used in Canada and other places with cold conditions for months in negative Celsius.
    However, they are more used to driving during these conditions and to prepare for winter by changing fluids/oils etc.


  • #10
    milltown
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    Mjollnir wrote: »
    Put it in reverse before you put it in first.

    At the very least it'll get the guy behind you to back off a bit.


  • #11
    muffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭muffy


    Mjollnir wrote: »
    I hope it helps you.


    It did help a good bit, problem worsened today though was easier to let the car cut out on occasion and then start her up in gear then try to force the gears :( Part of me hopes its my driving at fault and not that the cars broken.....


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  • #12
    Mjollnir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 888 ✭✭✭Mjollnir


    muffy wrote: »
    It did help a good bit, problem worsened today though was easier to let the car cut out on occasion and then start her up in gear then try to force the gears :( Part of me hopes its my driving at fault and not that the cars broken.....

    OK, let's see....

    When you shift the car into any gear, initially, is there a whining, grinding sort of noise, and is it momentarily difficult to get into that gear, and then it just slips right in and the noise goes away?


  • #13
    muffy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭muffy


    Mjollnir wrote: »
    OK, let's see....

    When you shift the car into any gear, initially, is there a whining, grinding sort of noise, and is it momentarily difficult to get into that gear, and then it just slips right in and the noise goes away?

    Yes, thats what happens, there is still a stiffness to it though.


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