> I hope the moderator will bear with me for a minute. I have a car which is
> not exactly an old car (1988 Toyota Corolla). It has a stuck engine, due to
> the owner running it with no oil in it. It locked up, they added about 4-5
> quarts of oil, and it is STILL locked up.
I think the term you want to use is Seized, not stuck. Two very
different animals.  If it indeed was run with no oil until it just stopped
turning, that poor little engine is scrap. Hot metal to metal contact tends
to weld things, add the fact that something is rotating, and you essential
tear things apart. Like spinning your tires in place, little bits of rubber
come flying from the tire. 
> Old cars which have been sitting around for a while have problems with
> stuck engines. I thought some advice from others might help in this
> case.
> I will post what I am planning, and see what you folks might suggest.
Stuck, (as opposed to seized) implies nothing has been damaged as its sat
over the years, and needs a bit of tlc to lubricate everything by hand to
assure everything is re-lubed and to rotate freely.
> drive. It is not worth putting a great deal of time and money into, as
> it has
> about 180K miles on it. The body is reasonably good, it is a white
Visit an autowreckers for a cheap, possibly poor replacement engine which
runs.
Alex.
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