I put some motor oil in the spark plug hole while eating lunch. Filled the crankcase with 24 oz vs the 20 it should have. Plug removed the starter wouldn't turn it. The impact wrench was disappointing as well as it was obvious in 2 seconds that it wasn't going to spin the engine. Surprisingly to me my 3/8 air ratchet spun it quite nicely although it was a bit abusive to my hands holding the wrench. Still letting that spin it for a few minutes had it feeling better. Now I attached jumper cables to my truck (he noted the battery was low) and now the starter spun it and it started right away. I let it run 30-45 minutes.
I called and left a message for the customer to contact me. He dropped by and I explained it was locked most likely due to low oil. I showed him the pan with the tiny puddle of oil that had been drained from it. I noted I'd managed to free with a wrench and get it turning freely enough to start etc. I warned him it might or might not continue to run acceptably and I couldn't guarantee anything as I didn't know how bad the damage inside was. I explained that it probably would burn oil now even if it hadn't been before. I told him I was going to change the oil again to drain any metal shavings breaking it free and letting it run and "break in" again might have caused. He seemed quite fine.
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