"Troy Lumley" <Troy.Lumley@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the input Mike. I don't think it's the engine since I had a
> full
> tune up, timing belt, valve adjustment done at 85K (only ~30K) ago. Since
> this problem is a 2+ year old problem that seams to get worse, I have to
> believe it is isolated to an area in the powertrain other than the engine.
> I
> just had a fluid change in the transmission 2K ago too. Although I suppose
> it could be related to fuel injectors if they react to cold weather.
> Summer
> is not a problem and the symptom does not exist then. Any other thoughts?
> Thanks again.
>
> Troy
>
Not a lot of thoughts, although the lubrication of the splines the clutch
disk rides on may be troublesome in cold weather. Unfortunately, that is one
of the many clutch problems you wouldn't be able to do anything about
without a teardown - not an attractive prospect any way you look at it.

Is that a hydraulic clutch? (My son's '94 Integra is.) That would rule out
cable problems, and I can't think of any hydraulic problems that would
account for it. Flushing the system with clean fluid would be cheap and
easy, but a bit of a long shot.

One other uninviting prospect is that the clutch disk probably uses the
rubber shock dampeners so many Acura clutches use instead of springs. I
wonder if they get too hard in the cold?

Mike