... on my shed vectra, the engine has started to randomly cut out when idling, rather annoying

And its been smelling horrible after driving in the snow.. my poor clutch

is that a petrol?

cam position or crank sensor prob

Quote from: Binary Shadow... on my shed vectra, the engine has started to randomly cut out when idling, rather annoying

And its been smelling horrible after driving in the snow.. my poor clutch

The clutch ? doesnt it spin well enough against the snow ?

depends if your slipping it like mad to pull away in 2nd a lot or not

yeah its a 2.0 16v petrol, prolly cam sensor tbh

Quote from: Binary Shadowdepends if your slipping it like mad to pull away in 2nd a lot or not

yeah its a 2.0 16v petrol, prolly cam sensor tbh

Winter driving demands a light and sensitive foot on the gas pedal, the clutch is not made for speed regulation !

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Quote from: Binary Shadowdepends if your slipping it like mad to pull away in 2nd a lot or not

yeah its a 2.0 16v petrol, prolly cam sensor tbh

Winter driving demands a light and sensitive foot on the gas pedal, the clutch is not made for speed regulation !

I think Im pretty bad for it tbh, its a very lazy habit to sit on the bite point and let the engine management take over!

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Quote from: bear

Quote from: Binary Shadowdepends if your slipping it like mad to pull away in 2nd a lot or not

yeah its a 2.0 16v petrol, prolly cam sensor tbh

Winter driving demands a light and sensitive foot on the gas pedal, the clutch is not made for speed regulation !

I think Im pretty bad for it tbh, its a very lazy habit to sit on the bite point and let the engine management take over!

Smooth movments, steering, brakes, clutch and gas pedal and good tyres and winter driving is managable.

Glad Im not the only one that had a bad smelling car yesterday ><

Did I hear right a while back that driving instructors now teach people to pull away from stationary in second gear?...

3rd gear sometimes (in the snow)

What !!!!  why havnt we figured that out in Sweden ? we have snow every winter and still havnt figured that out !!!

I had the misfortune of attempting a 3rd gear pull away in snow boots on a hill when I got caught at some lights. It was my own fault, at the bottom of the hill I thought Id make the top and the lights but then I started to lose traction on the way up and had to stop :/

It was seriously hard work on the calf and thigh muscles I can tell you

Quote from: knighty3rd gear sometimes (in the snow)

No, I mean in normal conditions. Crazy!

I can see though, the necessity of wearing ones clutch out and starting in 2nd gear if using inadequate tyres but which costs more, clutch replacement or a set of proper winter tyres ?

my brother is a driving instructor, and they teach people that pulling out in 3rd gear means the "wheels turn slower" - exact words from the government training manual blurb

(my brother still doesnt believe me that thats crap)