I think folks will decide whether they want a warranty to cover their engine or use the smoke fluid of their choice. If this is Lionel's stance, although without it being explicitly written in any literature seems suspect to me to enforce, then folks may find it difficult to get warranty repair on a smoke related issue. That's going to have to be an individual choice.
As many of the forum's repair folks have reported they have had zero issues so that is certainly encouraging. And Jeb and his team stand behind their products as well.
For me personally I'll continue to use the Lionel Premium until my warranty runs out and possibly beyond. Perhaps making sure at minimal it is used in the AUX units where plastic tubing and narrow openings are the norm.
I would say this to Lionel, if that's your policy to deny warranty repair based on smoke fluid type then you need to make that part of the instruction manual. There is a difference in a recommendation to use your fluid and a requirement for warranty repair. If not for being a member of this forum I suspect many of us wouldn't have a clue until we needed a RMA.
