i have a 1995 v6 and i was at a stoplight and i heard a weird clicking noise coming from my engine, then i got onto the freeway and my temperature gauge started getting really high. the faster i went the hotter it got, i have no idea what can be wrong so any help would be great. also today i drove it around town and the gauge got about 3/4s of the way up, when i got home i left the engine running and popped the hood and realized that the fan was not moving so any ideas???thanks

 

Check the cooling fans.
Check the Fan Relay

Also remember the fan does not turn on until you are running very hot. So by the time you checked, your fans turned off

Do you see any coolant leaks? Might blown a head gasket?

 

also check to make sure the thermostat is opening

 

how do i check all these things??? i dnt no much about cars

 

If your fan was not working your problem would only be at low speed. I would switch out the thermostate. If you really know nothing about cars and you have no one to help you maybe you should get a mechanic to fix it. You do not want to screw around with 13 year old motor. If that thing overheat while you checking something it could blow a head gasket.

Camaro with 3.4 that "just needs a head gasket" seem very plentiful on on craigs list these days. They are not going for much, that job is a real pain.

 

Good idea on letting a mechanic look at it. But if you think you can do it yourself, i suggest getting a haynes manual and start from there

 

if you are new to tinkering on cars, I'd skip the haynes manual and get either a factory or Chiltons. The Haynes makes assumptions that you understand things and can easily identify items.

Personally, I have a Haynes for every car I own (4 of them). It doesn't matter how long you've worked on cars, documentation is a good thing.