So it turned out to be "lawnmower syndrome." I pulled the plugs and put a wee bit of oil in each....jumped the battery (dead from multiple attempts) and vroom!!! Ran like crap for about 10 mins and now back to normal. Great forum.

Hello and thanks in advance for your help.

I've been working on my son's 1994 850 Turbo. His door was squeaking bad related to a crack in the A pillar, which I fixed with self threading screws... worked like a champ.

When I went to start the car to put it on jack stands for the oil change, it ...