Maintaining And Servicing Your Locomotive Adding Fluid To Your Locomotive's Smoke Generator - Lionel ALCo S-2 Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Adding fluid to your locomotive's smoke generator
Y our locomotive is equipped with a
smoke generator that produces safe,
clean, white smoke during operation.
The smoke generator requires the
periodic addition of Lionel smoke fluid in
order to function. Pierce the tube end with a
pin. Then add 10-15 drops of fluid into the
locomotive's duct. Refer to Figure 5. Smoke
production will commence momentarily,
faster if you run your locomotive at speed.
When smoke production decreases, add
more fluid (four to eight drops).
If you prefer to operate the locomotive
Never operate the smoke unit when dry. This will cause the smoke unit to overheat
Caution!
and may damage your engine.
Add fluid here
Figure 5. Stack location
without smoke, locate the switch on the
bottom of the engine under the cab marked
SMK/NO SMK (see Figure 1 on page 5 for the
location). Move the switch to NO SMK and
your locomotive will stop smoking.
When the smoke unit is on, always keep
a small amount of smoke fluid in the loco-
motive's smoke generator; the generator's
element can become damaged if operated
without fluid. Smoke production is greater
at higher voltages and when the locomotive
is pulling a heavy load or long consist.
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