I have a 2000 Hyundai accent. I was changing oil and mistakenly drained tranny fluid instead. I then put about 4 1/2 quarts of oil in engine on top of what was already in thinking I drained everything. About 8 1/2 quarts were in engine! I started car and let idle with all that oil and no tranny fluid, I then reverse car and parked it. It idled fine but I could hear the tranny gears jump and jerk in place when I reversed and parked; most likely because there was no fluid. But did I do damage or not? I did not go for a drive and the car was only idling for like a minute and then I reversed and parked car and turned it off.
I was told that if there was no tranny fluid in the automatic car, that it would not start at all. It did start and change gears. Does that mean there was still some fluid in the pump? The dipstick was dry, but it still:mad: turned on.
Did I do damage just letting car idle and then reversing and turning it off?