When an engine runs out of oil and it locks up, what are some things that could happen to the engine?

 

everything can melt together to form one solid block

 

rip it out and use it for a boat anchor its toast

 

well, you're sure gonna stop moving fast for one...there's gonna be a real lovely smell...oh, and alot of burning too...

 

So would all the internals need to be replaced or are there some that would have survived?

 

Take it apart & see. That doesn't guarantee anything. Maybe the rings scored the cylinder walls, but the pistons, rods, & crank are OK. Maybe some of the bearings are shot. Guaranteed WE aren't gonna be able to tell you because we can't see it from here.

 

show us pics! i wanna see what happened.

 

I bet you can reuse the oil cap.

 

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Ha Ha. Good one! No wonder they call you Mighty!

 

I actually had this happen to my 94 accord. What happened was the cam melted to the head.

 

I had it happen a long time ago with my college beater car. I put oil in the spark plug holes, let that sit for a day or 2, then I could turn it with a wrench on the crank pulley. After lots of oil in the cylinders, & cranking, I put the plugs back in & it ran.

Within about a year I decided to overhaul it. I got new rings & honed the cylinder walls. I got new bearings, but when I took it apart the bearings actually weren't damaged. It ran for another 80k miles or so before I sold it.

You aren't gonna know how extensive the damage is until you take it apart & look.

 

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What did the mechanic do to fix it? How much did it cost to just it fixed?

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Within about a year I decided to overhaul it. I got new rings & honed the cylinder walls. I got new bearings, but when I took it apart the bearings actually weren't damaged. It ran for another 80k miles or so before I sold it.

You aren't gonna know how extensive the damage is until you take it apart & look.
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Finally, a success story. I'm going to try that as well. My car is at a performance, but they haven't looked at it yet. So i guess what you did would be a good first step.