I have a Slimline Show Time Smoke Pump and Slimline Smoke Muffler. Can the BGX create enough heat to get good smoke? If the BGX exhaust is not hot enough to smoke than I will not waste time to install the pump. Has anybody smoked a BGX? How was it? What fluid did you use?

Harigo, I have not smoked a BGX but I have smoked an OS 160FX with the same exact muffler and pump you have and it smoked like a freight train. I would think the BGX would smoke even better.

Beware of the Slimline Showtime pump it is very hard to keep primed. Make sure you prime the pump on the ground before every flight because for some reason they dont like to prime in the air. Also they seem to work very intermitant. Sometimes they pump sometimes they don't. I have seen three of these pumps at our field and all three had the same problem. Also they tend to develop leaks in the pump. Keep an eye on your pump so as not to soak your plane with smoke fluid. I ended up taking my pump back to the LHS for a refund I got so discusted with it. Maybe Slimline has got these pumps working better now the three I saw were all purchased when they first became available on the market.

I have used Bennetts, Super Dry, and Powermaster smoke fluids and they all seem to work about the same. The Super Dry seems to be the cleanest of the three. It doesn't leave as much residue on the bottom of the planes as the other two.

Good luck and happy smokin!

Thanks for the info. I can not get off the shelf smoke fluid here. What blend do you suggest. May try putting the pump on my plane but you seem to have problems with the pump. What do you mean "prime on the ground"?

Harigo, what I mean by ( prime on the ground is ) when you get your engine running ( while on the ground ) turn on your smoke pump and make sure it is pumping smoke oil before you fly. If you don't do this the pump will not pick up a prime while the plane is in the air. Also set your radio up to about 70% or higher for the smoke pump anything less doesn't seem to work too well. ( At least it didn't with my pump.

I have not tried any home brews for smoke oil. All I have ever tried is the commercially available smoke oil. But I have heard that diesel fuel and automatic transmission fluid work well.

If I were you I would go ahead and try your Slimline pump. Yours just may work perfectly. I would hope that not all of the Slimline pumps are bad.

Good luck!