Just drove 3km without touching the throttle

"MooseKnuckles" (andyschenk) 01/07/2014 at 11:53 • Filed to: None

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Car frozen

So I just did one of the most typical Canadian things, drove to Tim Hortons to get a coffee in -25*C gusty snowy weather. Sadly just a 2x milk, not a double-double, I feel like I need a beer, a dart, and drop a few F-bombs and "buds" to make up for my coffee order insubordination.

Over night, like most places these past few days, we hit a cool -38*C, I parked in my semi-heated garage and everything was fine on start up this morn.
Been at work for 5 hours, parked outside @ -30, now -22, when I started the car it revved up to 4.5k. Not remember a time starting a car this cold I figured it was a typical ultra-cold start. I turned it off and back on, just to see, but the revs came down gradually and after a few minutes of idling I left.
I left the office and the brakes felt weak, figured the fluid was mush from the cold, but nope, throttle was frozen a bit I think.
I proceeded to drive 3km (including uphill) essentially without touching the throttle. Gradually went all the way to 5th gear (55km/hr) @2000rpm. It chugged jumping from 2nd to 3rd and back almost as if the T/C was tricking the car into shifting.

Went inside, got my coffee, came out, everything was back to normal.
Despite the cold I'm filing this one under my typical: MazdaFord Problems

RotaryLover > MooseKnuckles 01/07/2014 at 13:43

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This is why I always lube up everything that moves with silicone lube, make a complete inspection, clean up and re-grease of my brakes (change of brake fluid if it's getting dark), clean the throttle body and do a battery reset + cleanup and full charge on the battery before winter myself. Never had a problem with winter after I did all theses, and I never had jammed calipers like some people experienced during winter.