From what I've read the 350Z has had a bit of a "hang-up" while going into 2nd gear when is cold,
by "hang-up" I mean that it tends to not want to engage easily. This will go away as the car gets warmed-up.

However, this morning being a LOT colder than usual here in Florida, my car actually grinded while going into 2nd gear. But as soon as the car got warmmed up it shifted as usual. Is this a sign that the clutch is taking it's last toll?

Or have anyone else experience the same issue?

Inputs welcome!

 

No worries. Its just cold man. Mine does it too. My car loves the cold!

Cold air = HP!

 

its the weight/ age of the tranny fluid. its been close to 0 or below several times, with the correct fluid for these conditions no problems

 

^ +1. Mine was doing it b/c I had the wrong gear oil in there. GL5 instead of GL4. I had Royal Purple and I switched to Motul. Much better.

 

Thanks! Oh man, you are not kidding! She runs like a dream in 40 Degree weather.

Thanks! I did switch to Amsoil Synthetic on both the Tranny & Diff. However, I did stay within the OEM weight Specs when switching.

 

stop being a ***** i daily drive my z on long island in the ice in snow

 

Cold in Florida is what 70 degrees?

 

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Read before you reply the next time!

Not this morning, it was about 40 degrees. Not the typical Florida weather for this time of year.

 

lol you're "cold" florida weather is nothing. high of 23 in WV today

 

his title and post are kinda 2 different questions.

 

I'm quite aware that there are States way colder than Florida, I was never complaining because of how cold it seems to be, I do enjoy this weather. However, the question was more to find out wether anyone had experience a similar issue that what I pointed out while driving their 350Z in a cold or colder enviroment.

 

Mine does the same thing, I try to let it warm up for at least 10-15 minutes before driving it and even then I shift slow until it's properly heated up.

 

Thanks!

I really needed to hear that, for a minute this morning I was thinking the worse.

 

sucks in the snow that we just had dumped on us last night (Western PA) other than that its not bad..windows get stuck when its icy and transmission is stiff for a bit till its warm.


I cracked my bumper doing donuts...****ing drain that was covered i didn't see it =(

 

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your bumper.

 

I agree with you but his title could have meant many things.

I don't critique someone's car before I look at it just because the title says "My car photoshoot, tell me what you think"

 

You still win for colder, but I live in central Florida and coming home from work at 0530 it was 29 deg. It gets cold here, it just does not snow, yeah we know how to live in FL.

Snow =

 

Freezing temperatures (32 degrees) does strange things to anything filled with liquid. The shocks for example. Oil inside flows poorly. The shocks will rattle your teeth. But like everything else they warm to operating temperature in a few minutes.

 

Hey bro just warm the car up in the morning for 15 minutes and you're good to go. I did this today and no problems at all. The car drives better too after it comes up to operating temp.