Hi all,
Recently just bought my first MTH engine with protosmoke. I love the cruise control and the sounds and the clouds of smoke it puts out. It will make the den look like a bar on saturday evening about 1:00 inthe morning. But I get fluid drops on top of the engine and I am always giving it a wipe down because of this. Does anyone else enjoy this minor problem with me?
james1943
Try turning the engine off before adding the smoke fluid.
I’ll get an occasional drop of smoke fluid on the top of the locomotive when I add the fluid (with the power off), but just wipe it off with a cotton ball. I use one of those large containers of ProtoSmoke fluid with the small nozzle, but have been considering adding a short length of air-line tubing to the nozzle (the kind used for aquarium air supplies) just to make things a bit easier and less messy.
Try taking the “squirt thing” out and get a dropper from the pharmacy. Makes my smoke fluid go into the stacks a lot better.
Also, you may want to let the engine sit (without power) for five minutes or so after you add the fluid. This will allow the wick in the smoke unit to soak-up the fluid properly. It shouldn’t “spit” as much if you do this.
Regards,
Clint
Also, some of us use JDs Mega Smoke, and comes with the eye dropper, plus they have a bunch of different scents. Like the real smell of coal, etc. I use frying bacon in my smoking K-line diner !
Hi all,
Just got back to the forum and found all of your solutions to my smoke fluid problem. What I have been doing is pulling the engine in and adding fluid without shutting her down and then taking off and enjoying all the smoke again. But I’ll try shutting it down completely if I can stand it. I’m used to another brand which I won’t mention, anyway with it you have to get it in a certain light to see if its putting out any smoke at all. Thanks for all your help.
jamesh1943
My Williams 671 spritzes smoke fluid all over the top of the boiler. I’ve noticed it happens most frequently when the fluid is running low.
Jim
Jim, aka jaabat,
I have not had the problem you described with my Williams 671, where are you putting the fluid? I put the smoke fluid to the side of the center piece in the smoke stack.
The only problem I have ever had with my 671 is I overfilled it, then I had to turn it upside down for a few minutes to let the excess oil drain out and cycle the locomotive to nuetral to burn off the oil.
If you are still having problems with your 671 I can call my Williams rep. and see what he says. Email me if you still have problems.
Lee F.
I don’t consider it to be a problem, Lee. I know several others that this happens to. It may very well be that I’m putting the smoke fluid in the center instead of off to the side. I have thought the very same thing myself - try filling the stack from the side.
Jim