Alright, on my way somewhere I noticed the smell of coolant. Took a look under the hood and notice that there was coolant coming from the water pump drip hole. I added more coolant and went on my way later on after almost overheating about 4 times trying to get home… getting to about 235 degrees water temps I got a new water pump. Installed it, filled the radiator with water and turned on the car. Got black smoke, a tapping noise and idles at about 1200 RMPS. Anyone have any idea how to fix this. Thought I got some electrical wet and caused it to run rich but didn’t fix after drying plugs. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is my only means of transportation.

 

Well First To Help U Diagnose The Prob We Need To Know The Year And What Motor U Have Maybe U Got Water On The Board For The Coil Packs Could Be Ne Thing Or U Could Just B Screwed But For Good Measure Just Let Us No What U Have There R Plenty Of People Who Know What They R Doing Mike

 

I have a 1997 Camaro RS with a 3.8L engine. I’m thinking that a valve / valve spring went bad.

 

SpeedJunkyMike.. Never type like that again...

Anyways, there's a chance you could have burned a valve. Have you checked them recently?

 

Thanks for the suggestion, it took 3 people 2 days to find out it was a bolt that I didn’t tighten . The high revs were because the car was cold and the black smoke was from god knows what … most likely stress that was put on the engine while running hot.