Uh-oh.

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

My Athearn Genisis F3 B Unit is smoking, Literly. Seems to run fine but it smokes more then an engine with a smoke unit and gives off a bad smell.  No idea whats going on. anyone have a clue?

[Atlantic Central]

I would guess that as soon as all the magic smoke gets out, it will stop working.

Is this DCC or DC? Sound or not?

Sheldon

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

regular dc. it ran in a 4 unit lashup smoked, let it sit a few minutes, ran it on its own and still smoked.

last time i ran it, it ran fawlessly. (and it was in a 4 unit lashup, abba)

[RAM]

Take the shall off and I think you will find that you need to replace it.

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

replace what? the shell or whole unit?

[RAM]

replace the motor.  with the shell off you can see where the smoke is coming from.  If it is the motor I don't see how it ran this long.  It could be that you have a hot wire that is burning plastic.

[CAB_IV]

yeah, maybe you need to clean something. I know i have some Ancient Metroliner EMU cars, and when i ran them, the motor had EXTREME sparks, and was smoking. then again, Genesis is new, so maybe its not that old to be that bad.  Have you tried cleaning and fixing up the motor?

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

ran it again, still smoked. motor sounds fine. shell didn't feel hot. I'll open it up tonight when i get home and run it again. my fear is that the bored might be burning up.

[SteamGene]

D you mean the "board"?
Gene

[Stephen D. Richards]

Only if the board isn't bored!  Might be the  reason it is smoking!   
lol     Stephen

[jayl1]

Any chance there is oil or grease on the motor or contacts?

[BaltoOhioRRfan]

havent had a chance to try it out again. been busy. will try to run it this weekend.