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Originally Posted by crusierdad76
guess we posted at the same time 
I reread it and see that it was really low just before the oil change sorry my bad  however being low (not totally empty) usually wont cause a cat to stall will it?????? |
Not unless it's really low, enough to seize the engine for lack of lubrication.
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I do know that is a head gasket goes and the cylinders fill with anti freeze and or oil the engine will not crank or it will crank really hard as the cylinder is trying to push all the liquid out that small exhaust port
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It can do a lot more damage than that. Water doesn't compress and other things have to "give" if the piston can't reach TDC (Top Dean Center) like a rod bending.
I was oversea at a friends shop and saw a piston laying on it's top with the rod attached at the bottom. The rod with in a semi-circle and I asked about it. It came from a small delivery truck that ran thru a large puddle and water ws sucked up into the intake. The piston couldn't go anywhere so the (steel) ron had to go somewhere so it bent to give the piston room to move inside the cylinder.