Last summer we had a simular B&S engine replaced on a concrete troweling machine (where I worked) The guy who installed the engine put SOME oil in it. (About 1/3rd of what SHOULD have gone in it. He mis-read the manual. It ran about 45 minutes, just long enough to get up to full temp. (It was low to mid 40"s) Then the conn rod siezed to the crank. The engine was replaced with another new one. I got the old one. (I needed the carb for one I had on a hay elevator) I tore it down to see just how severe the damage was. MOst of the internal parts were blue from heat. Even with SOME oil when started, there was very little oil left in the engine upon teardown. My theory (WAG) is that the low oil level caused the rings to go away real quick. That allowed what oil was in the engine to burn away in short order, speeding up the eventual demise. Being a fresh, new un-broken in motor HURT it"s chances rather than helped.
At best, it"s damaged. It MIGHT live a while. It MIGHT live quite a while. Or it may lock up the next time it"s started. No way of knowing for certain, but my money is on a VERY short life.
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