Hi Folks,
I have been running the new Pocahontas for the past 2 days. So far smoke production is good; maybe, not as bellowing as that seen in laidoffsick's video on smoke units, but decent. I am using Megasteam.
So far, over the past 2 days, I have added about 45 drops of fluid at 5-10 drop intervals. Now, after about 6 runs around the oval with decent smoke production, I notice the smell of a faint tinge of heated plastic.
Is that the wick burning??
Thanks
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The wick is a fiber so that shouldn't be it. Have you tried running it without smoke to see if the smell is still there?
Jeff is right, that plastic smell is coming from somewhere else.
Thanks fellas!
With a little bit of senior citizen recall, I do remember having detected this aroma on 2 of my other locomotives while using the same MegaSteam after running them for a bit where the smoke unit is at temp. Might not be a plastic smell as much as a chemical smell. I am happy it is not the wick.
In an effort to make sure the wick is saturated well, I have been gradually adding 5-10 drops of fluid at various times. So far, since the return of the engine from Lionel over the past few days, I have added a total of 45 drops. As you may recall from laidoffsick's video, he wound up adding about 60 drops to each of the 2 chambers in his smoke unit where he had just installed new Lionel wicks. After 60 drops (I think that much), the wick was finally saturated.
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