I have one of the new lionel GP9's. I have not run it in a few months, and as I am scared of burning out the smoke unit I put a few drops of smoke Mega Steam smoke in. Well nothing so I assumed it was dried out and I added a few more. I blew in the stack still nothing. SO I put it on a circle of track an ran it a 80% speed for about 10 minutes, still nothing. So... I take off the top panel and remove the smoke channel. I now see fluid all over the place, so I hold it upside down, shake, use paper towels ect to blot up the fluid. I put it back on the track and run for another 5 minutes and still no smoke. I left the top panel off so I can see the fan spinning, I gave it another blow and a small wisp of smoke. Ran it on the track for about 10 minutes no smoke... so anything to be done now or do I just need a new smoke until. Will the unit dry out if I do not run it for a few weeks? what about laying it on its side will the fluid run out? Mostly how can I prevent this from happening again?
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