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01 chevy Silverado 1500 8Cyl 4.8 vortec wont accelerate past 3000 rpms just rev

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      Selisabeth
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      About a month ago my starter started to go out so me and my bf were having to arch it with a screw driver to start it, one day when my bf arched it, there was a spark and it shocked him making his hand slip and hit the transmission cooler line putting a tiny hole in it. We cut some rubber fuel line hose and got some mettle clamps to cover the hole but still had a little leak. We made sure to check the fluids every so often but ended up checking a little too late one day and was almost bone dry and my truck wouldnt accelerate over 3000rpms and would just rev so we got two qts of fluid and accidentally put dexron lll instead of dexron Vl which my truck strickly calls for. It still was barley registering on the dip stick after putting the 2 qts in so we didnt think to drain it and just added 3qts of dexron Vl to it. Even after having plenty of fluid it still wont go over 3000rpms and revs really high. What could be other issues that could be causing this???

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