Q: Transmission has been slipping, now i have smoke coming from under hood, when i tried to drive to nearest mechanic it stalled out
Cars transmission has been slipping, today smoke began to come from under the hood but no overheating, i was low on oil so i put some, but still same problem, i know i have an oil leak and maybe transmission problems but is that related to the smoke? I also have trouble staring the car , i believe it the idle valve, but are these all connected?
My car has an automatic transmission.
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