I washed the car on Monday, indoors warm and nice, used a lot of car shampoo, water, tender love and care. I noticed now that the accelerator cable stocking has a split right at the firewall and this might be where the water enters. Anyway, it took me over 15 minutes in the cold, fiddling with pulling the cable back after i first floored it from inside and it didn't want to go back again... Warming gently wit hot air blower and lightly swearing, my missus kind off resigned and irritable waiting. We were in a hurry for work so I had to go driving with it fixed on 1500 rpm until it finally loosened up after another 10 minutes or so.
It was so cold that even the quick warm up system had seized and was not doing it's thing. The engine sounded soft from the start without the heavy rattling from the strain of breathing through the partly closed paddles. Nice mechanism - when you really need it - it doesn't even work...
And for the passenger doors in the back, they were both frozen as well. First wouldn't open, then wouldn't shut...
I remember my father used some graphite stuff on window mechanisms and the locking mechanisms in the doors to prep for winter. Anyone know of the stuff or other suitable compound to help it not seize up with ice?
