Another Smoke Unit Failure

the three flashes is the smoke unit motor.

there has been a lot of discussions on Lionel smoke motor in the legacy section. 

since yours is still under warranty send it back. 

but be prepared to wait, I have one back there right now since aug 14 2013 for a smoke motor.

if you are a vet let them know and shipping is free.

I have 15 lionel engines and half of them have inoperative smoke units. Am I doing something wrong ?

Nope, its just the smoke units that Lionel uses, they do cause frustrations.

Ricklab,

Are you running in command, if you are there's a few things you can try before sending them back.

First with the engine on the track with it powered up press the reset button on your remote and see if that resets everything, see if you get the smoke working again.

If that doesn't work, reprogram the engine and see if that resets the smoke unit

Alex

I have a Vision line Hudson.  It stopped smoking soon after bragged about it. It has gone back to Lionel 5 times in 2 years.  When it stopped the last, I decided to not worry about smoke for a while.  Yesterday (after about 2 months) I was running the Hudson for nearly an hour and what the heck, It started blowing smoke and a lot of it, not the whistle steam just the main smoke, tried it again this afternoon and it still smokes.

I have decided it, like me smokes (workes) when it want to , not very often.

Brent

These lionel smoke units require a lot of fluid .. I have 20 legacy engines with only 1 motor failure .

Lionel got a bad batch of smoke unit motors. Whatever is wrong with them sets off the Legacy sensor and you get the three flashes. My Mikado did it when it was first unpacked - sent it to Lionel and they fixed it right away. I doubt there's anything wrong with anything you're doing, you're just in the wrong place at the wrong time.