Evo does not like the cold
Jan 16, 2009, 07:49 AM
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I only ask because whenever I leave my car and it snows/slushes here in VT, I start it in the morning and get it warmed up and go to reverse it and the car makes a "creaking/cracking" noise then it finally "cracks" really loud (while I'm letting out the clutch just like you would) and can reverse - almost like my calipers are getting stuck to my rotors?
Then it did exactly what you said, made a creaking, cracking, frozen sound and then SNAP. Like it just broke the frozeness out and I was rolling backwards like normal. Once again, scared the **** out of me at first.
Jan 16, 2009, 08:55 AM
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starting my car in -25 weather this morning sucked. i cant believe it still started, the shift knob had frost on it even.
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Jan 16, 2009, 09:05 AM
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Originally Posted by adamweldonjohns
I only ask because whenever I leave my car and it snows/slushes here in VT, I start it in the morning and get it warmed up and go to reverse it and the car makes a "creaking/cracking" noise then it finally "cracks" really loud (while I'm letting out the clutch just like you would) and can reverse - almost like my calipers are getting stuck to my rotors?
yeah your brakes are freezing to the rotors....mine has done this when it rains...just not as bad...like rust or something buildup holds the brakepads to the rotors...makes a sound when they get unstuck...but mine was much less severe...just a slight sticking...seems like you guys are having your brakepads freezing to the rotors
I only ask because whenever I leave my car and it snows/slushes here in VT, I start it in the morning and get it warmed up and go to reverse it and the car makes a "creaking/cracking" noise then it finally "cracks" really loud (while I'm letting out the clutch just like you would) and can reverse - almost like my calipers are getting stuck to my rotors?
yeah your brakes are freezing to the rotors....mine has done this when it rains...just not as bad...like rust or something buildup holds the brakepads to the rotors...makes a sound when they get unstuck...but mine was much less severe...just a slight sticking...seems like you guys are having your brakepads freezing to the rotors
Jan 16, 2009, 09:06 AM
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We just hit the coldest recorded temperature ever here, -29 degrees.
Yesterday, at work when I went to lunch, the car made some weird howling noise before cranking over. Took forever to warm up.
Yesterday, at work when I went to lunch, the car made some weird howling noise before cranking over. Took forever to warm up.
Jan 16, 2009, 09:10 AM
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i remember watching a wrc video where they were racing in the snow...i think it was in norway...it was so cold that the ford rally cars wouldn't even startup...lol...but the mitsu cars had no problem
Jan 16, 2009, 09:12 AM
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Mine has done this too. It was when it rained one night and then got really cold and It sat like that for about 24-48 hours. I noticed the rust spots on the rotors. It popped when put into reverse then was fine.
Jan 17, 2009, 07:29 AM
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My car loves the cold too, until it gets around the freezing mark or below. Then I cant go WOT without the damn thing sputtering and backfiring. And no, I dont adjust the boost controller in the winter.
Jan 17, 2009, 07:44 AM
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I don't know but this happened to me the first time a couple weeks ago. Scared the living **** out of me. I started to reverse after letting the car warm up for a while, and it wouldn't go. So I look down to make sure I didn't pull an idiot move and leave the e-brake on, it was down. I went through the gears again, put it in reverse and gave it another shot.
Then it did exactly what you said, made a creaking, cracking, frozen sound and then SNAP. Like it just broke the frozeness out and I was rolling backwards like normal. Once again, scared the **** out of me at first.
Then it did exactly what you said, made a creaking, cracking, frozen sound and then SNAP. Like it just broke the frozeness out and I was rolling backwards like normal. Once again, scared the **** out of me at first.
my car is an absolute biatch when its still cold. Takes me a couple miles to get everything warmed up then she runs good as new.
Jan 17, 2009, 09:15 AM
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I don't know but this happened to me the first time a couple weeks ago. Scared the living **** out of me. I started to reverse after letting the car warm up for a while, and it wouldn't go. So I look down to make sure I didn't pull an idiot move and leave the e-brake on, it was down. I went through the gears again, put it in reverse and gave it another shot.
Then it did exactly what you said, made a creaking, cracking, frozen sound and then SNAP. Like it just broke the frozeness out and I was rolling backwards like normal. Once again, scared the **** out of me at first.
Then it did exactly what you said, made a creaking, cracking, frozen sound and then SNAP. Like it just broke the frozeness out and I was rolling backwards like normal. Once again, scared the **** out of me at first.
