I’ve just gotten a Hyundai Excel 1999, I think it’s a 1.5/1.8 L twin cam. Auto transmission with 195000km mileage. I’m currently getting a very jerky feel when I move to reverse/drive, and when I step on accelerator whilst in gear, it does not seem to want to accelerate. This happened after I replaced the left driveshaft.
I was having problems with CV joint and therefore had left driveshaft replaced. During refit, I had a bit of transmission fluid leak after pulling out old driveshaft(did not seem very significant). I quickly put in the new driveshaft and fitted everything back into place. Decided to try the new driveshaft out even after considering the leak, which I thought was not too severe. Just as I started car, it sounded like the engine/transmission was having trouble. I continued to try reverse out of garage, but after it seemed like reverse was very jerky and didn’t want to move, I stopped the car and engine.
Since then, I’ve topped up the transmission but am still having the same problems. Does not seem to be there when I’m on park/idle, but the moment I shift into reverse or drive, the sound returns, the car jerks, and refuses to accelerate both in drive/reverse. I might also add that I tested car after replacing fluid, and it seems that when I turn on the headlights, car seems to idle with a bit of problem, more effort/jerking. Just to be clear, there was no problems at all with sound/ gear change/ driving before driveshaft was replaced. Driveshaft only replaced cause of clunking sound on turning right.
Main concern is, does this have to do with the driveshaft I installed, was it installed wrongly? Or is the problem that I started the car on low transmission fluid and may have screwed something up real bad and now car requires transmission fixed?
Thanks in advance