My husband recently tried to DIY oil change. We insisted he take it to get it professionally done and he refused. I believed in him but had my worries at the same time. Well...here we are. Right after he changed the 'oil'...I was driving home from his work, smoke was piling out of our exhaust like crazy and when i accelerated my car, the engine acted like it didn't want to drive. Basically it acted (from my past experience with another car) like the transmission was going to drop. So i talked to a few people and one said that he may have acutally drained the Transmission fuid...not oil. We put 5 quarts of oil in the oil cap labeled 'engine oil' and when i checked it this morning it is BEYOND full. My uneducated guess....he drained trans fluid. I need some opinions and we drove it about 20 miles home after that. Is the trans locking or going to lock up IF that is the case? Help!
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