(smoke?) fan noise Lionel 6-18057 671 S-2 Turbine

I think the shell mounts just like the post war one, one screw in front and two by the cab area, that is where I would start..\  Have you looked on Lionel's site for the documents???|

Marty

Here is the link to Lionel's part list and mounting areas:

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...c4-bd24-ff951f95c416

Marty

Thanks Marty. Engine surgery is scheduled for this weekend.

Bruce

I have this engine.  Bought it new from Lionel.  There are no switches for the smoke unit.  The fan is always on.  The smoke control only turns the element on and off.  This is normal and correct behavior.  If you are getting an odor, it could be that it needs new smoke batting.  Other than that it sounds like it is working fine.

What joe said. I have this engine as well. The fan is always on. The heating element is the only thing that turns off. 

Thanks Marty and Joe. If the fan is always on, the noise must be coming from something else. I ran the locomotive for weeks and it didn't make any noise at all when sitting idle, this just started happening this past weekend.

Will take the shell off this weekend and see if there's anything obvious inside that's causing the mid-high pitch whine.

Thanks everyone!

Bruce

Was the smoke coming out in a steady flow before when it wasn't making noise, or do you have smoke disabled (as mentioned above, only turns the power off for the resistor heating the fluid)?  Maybe something was impeding the fan and got jarred loose, freeing the fan to move?

I' m with the others, this sounds like you may be taking something apart that is working normally.  I am sure there is some "whirring" that can be annoying I guess, depending on how sensitive your ears may be.

-Dave