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See if you can turn the shaft easily. If you can't, just buy a new motor. It's bearings are seizing up.
If the motor spins okay, the start/run capacitor may need replacing. You can spray the motor and junk with WD40 to clean it. The last motor I have that smoked in a vacuum cleaner self destructed in less than a minute. The tech told me it would. Smoking is extreme overheating, or the windings have shorted internally. The best bet is replace the motor.
Humming is normally caused by a failed start capacitor.
Smoke would normally be the motor or wiring, but I am a little puzzled by the smoke inside the machine, and can only think there is a gap on the top of the drum to the top panel.
In all likelihood, you need a new motor, but due to the cost of them, I would suggest getting a service tech in. Or you could remove the motor and take it to a local electric motor sales and repair outlet and ask if they can test the capacitor and motor.
I think... without knowing that motor... that the capacitor is a start capacitor, and that the start switch may be trying to "start" the motor full-time instead of switching it out of circuit after it figures that the motor has spun up. I may be wrong - that design may be a capacitor-run motor (similar to a three-phase motor) - but I'm betting it's a start-only capacitor.
If you know someone with a capacitance meter, you could check the capacitor - for both capacitance (to be sure it matches the label) and leakage. Easy way to write that one off. Alternatively, you could rig it such that after the motor's wound up you could manually disconnect the capacitor and see what happens - either the motor stops or else the smoking issue stops.
Whatever you do, don't let it smoke very long. The varnish on the windings is only so thick.
I have a 2012 dodge ram 1500, I am wanting to raise it 2 inches with a leveling kit, I will need to readjust the fog lams and headlights, I know how to do the headlamps but need to know how to do the fogs lamps?
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Normally, the oil is checked with the motor off. You won't get a true reading while the motor is running. The automatic transmission is checked with the motor running, usually in park.
Blown motor. Replace motor. Check Harbor Freight. Bolt mounting pattern critical as well as shaft diameter and length. Northern Tool can supply most motors. You need model no. of motor.
Possibly a head gasket problem (as the head heats up it warps slightly, allowing coolant to seep into the cylinders, which is the source of the white smoke--steam) Is the motor using coolant?
it may just be a wire rubbing the tub and the insulation is gone. smoke means something is not right. the drive motor will smoke if the windings overheat neccesitating a new motor. - the start or run capacitor for the motor may be bad.
CHANCES ARE ITS THE MOTOR START MACHINE RUN IT IF POSSIBLE FOR A FEW MINUTES TILT MACHINE BACK AND FEEL THE MOTOR IF IT IS HOT YOU NEED TO REPLACE IT (THE MOTOR)
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