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?

 

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.

 

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.

 

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?

 

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....

 

happened to me too....freaked me out

 

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

 

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.