HELP: I lost the horsepower, the engine is cold :( (archive)

I drove tonight with my car and the car made a strange noise, I lost all the horsepower!!!
Suddenly at one time the power came back and later it was gone again.
I drove about a distance of 50 km. and when I came home the engine was cold�..
Normally I can�t touch my hands on it because I would burn them!
The temperature meter was standing between zero and the middle, normally it always stands in the middle.

Please can anybody tell me what is wrong with my car

BMW850 iA
1992
130000 km

Photos from the car.

Follow Ups:

Re: HELP: I lost the horsepower, the engine is col Gilbert 11:56 2/18/2001 (1)
- Please, more suggestions on the 6-cylinderproblem! Rudy 13:03 2/18/2001 (0)
Re: HELP: I lost the horsepower, the engine is col Lon Opsahl 09:49 2/17/2001 (2)
- Re: I drove today a distance of about 3 km Rudy 10:25 2/17/2001 (1)
  - Re: I drove today a distance of about 3 km Lon Opsahl 10:34 2/17/2001 (0)
Re: I also smell gasoline. Rudy 06:07 2/17/2001 (0)
Re: HELP: I lost the horsepower, the engine is col GregT 18:26 2/16/2001 (0)
Re: HELP: I lost the horsepower, the engine is col Bert Smith 18:25 2/16/2001 (0)

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