1993 Cadillac Deville Help

BLUELEADER89

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1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE
V8
2WD
AUTOMATIC
200,000 MILES

My car started acting up today. I would get to 30 mph and the engine would start to roar, but I wasn't getting any faster. I coasted to my step mothers house and found that my car had been leaking oil badly. Then I found out that all my fluids were low. So after a quick oil change and replacing of transmission fluid and oil filter I drove it to about a block away and it was doing the same thing. I believe it is the transmisson. Is there anything I can do for it or did I burn up the transmission? (Please don't tell me I burned up the engine)

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 AT 8:55 PM

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FACTORYJACK

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Before I would get too carried away, I would suspect possibly a plugged exhaust. You could either remove an O2 sensor, or disconnect the exhaust pipe pe-cat, and roadtest it then. It is going to be loud, but you should be able to tell if power is restored. If so, replace the catalytic converter.

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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 AT 12:01 AM

BLUELEADER89

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Sadly that wasn't the case. I was changing out a leaking gasket in my transmission today and found the fluids that leaked out to be very dark and worse they smelled burnt. I believe my transmission has burnt up and I will have to buy another one. Sigh which is money I don't have. Thank you for your advise though. I appreciate it.

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Thursday, July 29th, 2010 AT 5:26 PM