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03.19.2007, 02:30 PM

If you say it's steam, it could be a capacitor blowing out. I've had that happen to me before (reverse polarity) shot out steam like a kettle at full boil. Kinda stinky too, but not bad. I could see it still working without a cap, but like you said reduced speed/power.


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