My used-1-month-each-year 682 used to produce thick, wafting, billowing, perfect "O" plumes of smoke. Now? Not so much. For years I used a scented MTH liquid that smelled terrible, and last year I bought a little white bottle of Lionel liquid smoke. When I set the ZW transformer in neutral at the max 20 volts, thick smoke smoke does appear. However when I run it forward at the same @14 volts as always, the smoke dissipates; only for 2-3 laps around the oval will it lightly tap-tap-tap, and then it virtually disappears. I tried a pellet, and the results were the same. I eve pulled out the aforementioned scented MTH liquid, and it still showed relatively thick smoke in neutral that becomes imperceptible when the consist starts moving forward. Now the place stinks.
Any advice/suggestions?
