Q: Put wron transmission oil in the transmission. Now the vehicle has a hard time engaging into drive or reverse
I only drove it a mile if I rev the engine to 3000 rpm it will engage... so my question is can I flush the oil and be okay or is transmission done for?
My car has 133000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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