Got my Lionel legacy mikado smoke unit repaired, stopped working again...

LIONEL

Sounds like another fan motor. The fan smoke motors appear to be a weak point for Lionel and I know I have had more than my fair share of defects. Call them back and let them know.

use email and explain it was just in for repair. make sure to include the repair sheet with the tech notes and name.

Matt,

 

Before you do anything, take some compressed air and shoot it down the stack until you hear the fan motor spin. If you have a compressor set it to 20 PSI, if you don't have any compressed air or a compressor take the engine and shake it around a bit like your shaking a rattle can. don't put anymore smoke fluid in, do a reset and it should be fine.

 

Please try this first

Alex

 

Ok, I will definitely try that, thanks for the tip Alex!

Matt,

 

Let me know if it works.

 

The reason why most of the time you get 3 blinks is , when the fan motor stops spinning

it can land on a so called dead spot. Which will make the engine go into a 3 blink mode, by simply moving the fan motor slightly it will take it off the dead spot and will go into normal operation.

 

Alex

Another way to clear smoke chamber and fan motor of excess fluid is the squeeze bottle from hair dye!

Your mikado sounds like my S-3 same issue.
my cure I first add 10-20 drops smoke fluid let sit for 5 minutes then I startup the S-3 so far no more 3 blink issues and I replaced original fan motor with an mth unit same thing so in my case I beleive I flooded fan area.

Give this a try it might stop your issue.

But do as other poster says reset engine but also go one step further turn smoke switch to off and run for 30 minutes then stop engine and turn smoke switch to run all should be good.

I put in MTH smoke fan motors when I have too much trouble with the Lionel ones.  I've yet to get one back.