Q: Engine siezed
I just recently finished replacing the left cylinder head. Motor will not turn when atempting to hand turn or use starter. It started out just slugish turns now its locked up and there is fluid around the starter. I tried to put it in nuetral and pusing it back into the garage when I did the car just rocked and when it got all the way forward it would click and not move any further. Ive asked a few people I know that are usually pretty helpful when I cant figure out the problem and they do not know
My car has 160000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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