Q: Motor seized up

asked by on May 31, 2017

I drove my car to the gas station and turned it off but when I tried to turn it back on it sounded like ma crank was stuck so o been dong sum research to describe the noise and it say my engine is seized...is there a way I can inseized it... thanks

My car has 163000 miles.
My car's transmission is unknown to me.

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