You'll know if the engine is frozen up by pushing and dropping the clutch.I don't think it is myself.Even just a couple of revolutions should show ya it's able to crank.If she does turn a few when pushing(probably won't be more than that in 1st...possibly only one revolution)...then I'd check yer starter for failure.
I looked in the manual on page 17-52(appendix)."engine won't turn over".Also,just above...the section"Engine doesn't Start.Starting difficulty"."Starter Motor NOT rotating".Sounds like your situation.
One maybe easier way to check if yer engine is seized is this...1)remove your ignition cover.No need to remove all the plastics...only the lower belly fairing.There's a small bolt at the top of the ignition cover(you won't see it by just looking straight on at the cover)....you can reach that with the small socket and an extension(a 1/4" drive extension)by gently pushing up and straight onto that bolt to remove/tighten.Remove em all.Get the socket that fits on the timer bolt.Put er in neutral.See if you can turn that shaft there with yer socket wrench.If you can...she's not seized up.It should turn some either way.Or....2)take that cover off.Put er in gear.Push forward OR backwards.That timer will rotate either way with the engine internals moving.Even if it's a small amount(which it probably will be cause she's in 1st).It most likely will not go anything near a full revolution.But at least you'll know if she's moving in there.If it's seized..it aint gonna move period.
Couple o'interesting comments here..."...and heard of a few more blown from too much oil. The first was a '58 Oldsmobile with about 6,000 miles and about 8 quarts of oil. The entire under carriage of the vehicle was coated with oil from the blow-by tube. This engine did not run very well. There is a terrific amount of load incurred from eight connecting rods swinging through 4 inches of oil. After being driven for about 25 miles, excessive air bubbles in the oil finally took its toll on the rod and main bearings. It's probably hard to believe but this engine seized.
The other was a '90 or '91 350 Chevrolet marine engine (in a boat, of course). I am not really sure how much oil was in the engine. It was hard to tell since about a 7 inch round hole was punched through the side of the block between number 5 and number 7, caused by number 6 breaking off at the very top of the rod. Another piston had begun to separate at the top ring groove. When we got the engine out we noticed that one of the block bulkheads was cracked from the main bearing cap almost all the way to the top of the crankcase cavity.
Yes, too much oil can blow a engine".....AND THIS ONE.."
It reaches a point though, where the oil reaches the height of the rotating crankshaft, and this whips the oil into a froth. Oil with lots of air in it does not lubricate well. The result can be the same kind of problems you would have running a car without oil...e.g. bearing failure, catastrophic damage".
So I'm thinkin..if she will turn some,she aint seized...and probably your starter motor fried tryin to crank with all that excess pressure in there.The starter started her up just prior to you getting back home.A couple o' turns to fire her up could have caused it to fail at that point even though she had started.You wouldn't know till ya tried again later on to fire her up.By that time...the oil change level didn't matter.I'm wonderin...did it sound different starting wise the last time it started?Like maybe draggin?Somethin like that?
* Last updated by: blue07 on 11/29/2010 @ 3:50 AM *