Hi,

I live in quebec, yesterday temperature was Minus 35 farenheit.
When i got in my car, when releasing the clutch pedal, it was taking about 1.5 seconds for it to go back to its normal position. Like if the oil was frozen.

I know that the clutch oil is brake oil so it should not freeze.
I'm concerned as to why the clutch pedal does that. The worst is that it will continue doing that for 15-20 minutes after the engine is hot. It will do this only when temperature is below 15 degree farenheit.

Any idea?

 

Whats up, I'm from Quebec too.

My car does that as well for the first 5-10 minutes but it all goes back to normal the moment the car's well warmed up. Don't think there's much to worry about. Just don't race it for those first 15 minutes

 

Besides warming the vehicle up as mentioned before;
If you press in the clutch 4 to 5 times after starting you should notice the resistance and delay disappear as well. Due to the cold the dry side of the slave cylinder is tight along with the colder, denser nature of the hydraulic fluid when cold just makes it like jelly. Welcome to manual in winter.

Heck ,if you start an automatic vehicle and immediatley take it on to an expressway it will actually hold a lower gear until the fluid warms to protect the transmission then shift like normal.