Three questions:
- Black smoke created in smokers by adding-----------?
- Kerosene – where actual kerosene purchased in Southern Calif.?
- Kerosene works the same as the name brand tiny-container big $$ smoke fluids?
Any takers?
Thanks,
Wendell
I can answer #2.
I get mine at Lowe’s or Home Depot.
Wendall
Adding the--------- is what I need to know!
I have never read of anything that will produce black smoke. Most of the old diesels around here belch white smoke 
I tryed the lionel smoke fluid, smoked like crazy for a little while then quit dead, still had fluid in it, added a little more still nothing, guess I let the smoke out of it!
So, Is" Smoke Fluid" kerosene (Like you’d use in a heater or a torch) with some kind of Flame Retardant?
On the GSM website the guy says he’s been using a 50/50 mix of BBQ lighter fluid and Tiki Torch oil. Anybody try it? Both chemicals have a relatively high flash point. (Doesn’t ignite as quickly as say kerosene alone.) Doesn’t some of the Tiki oil come with different stink in it?
Heck - if we’re talkin’ vintage diesels, why don’t ya just use gasoline, when it flashes and burns it wil look just like a blown turbo
Jon Radder said:Vintage diesels like an RS-3 were turbocharged?... I really don't know but WWII planes were ?? I know that Chessie was obsessed with turbocharging to the point of a GP15T but vintage stuff? Black smoke on a prototype diesel is usually created by a fat mixture (meaning rich..more fuel to air ratio) usually. I personally would like this as an option on my model diesels added with an eyedropper and could probably be re-created with some type of adative or chemicaL/HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT?
Heck - if we're talkin' vintage diesels, why don't ya just use gasoline, when it flashes and burns it wil look just like a blown turbo :D
Ahhh, now we are going to show age on these sites. I’m sure Mr. Goodson will chime in with the tales of the “White Kitty” and how to create black smoke. It worked great, once.
I’ve been nervous about trying straight keroscene on my favorite engine. I wonder how biodiesel works? You could have an engine that smells like french fries.
David Russell said:I guess should have said 2nd Generation diesels like GE U-Boats and EMD GP-38's. I was watching them switch the local stone plant one night with a string of U-Boats when the turbo on one exploded. Scared the crap out of me as I was only about 25 feet away. Blew 3 or 4 doors off the loco and flames were shooting 15 feet out of the top :D It didn't even slow them down.Jon Radder said:Vintage diesels like an RS-3 were turbocharged?... I really don't know but WWII planes were ?? I know that Chessie was obsessed with turbocharging to the point of a GP15T but vintage stuff? [i]{/i]
Heck - if we're talkin' vintage diesels, why don't ya just use gasoline, when it flashes and burns it wil look just like a blown turbo :D
Jon turbo means fast
Jon Radder said:Aaahh yes!!! I loved those strings of U-boats
I guess should have said 2nd Generation diesels like GE U-Boats and EMD GP-38's. I was watching them switch the local stone plant one night with a string of U-Boats when the turbo on one exploded. Scared the crap out of me as I was only about 25 feet away. Blew 3 or 4 doors off the loco and flames were shooting 15 feet out of the top :D It didn't even slow them down.
From Ric Golding’s post (page 2, this thread) this response:
What of Dave Goodson’s much repeatable addage on the creation of steam loco’s smoke?
May your lips never touch one of his cigars!
His personal comment to me, at least four years ago but unfortunately memory will not dispose of it: “To get the “real” effect of loco smoke, you take a loooong drag on a GOOD ceeeee-gar, place your face at the smoke box and release the non-contested “real thing” right there at the business end of the loco.”
Simplicity can overrule any learned behaviour.
Now, will we hear from Dave? In this desperate economy, he may have tried lower quality stogies soaked in LGB smoke fluid.
Wendell
Cough…cough…cough…sigh.