Q: So I put oil in the transmission and this guy came up and he said that it’s fine to drive it but it died what do you think it is

asked by on January 03, 2018

So I went to go put transmission fluid in but I accidentally put oil in and stay in the sky said it was OK to drive but now it died when I tried to drive it and now he says that it is the crank sensor after he’s already charge me for a tuneup what do you think it is
My car has an automatic transmission.

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