Is this thing on fire??? Get the hose! But seriously, it really does smoke after you run it for a while. Then after the smoke started rising, it quit working! I picked it up off the ground and it started running again, and then stopped, and then started running again. This went on for a while... :) Then I sent it back and purchased a VIAIR 85P and now all is good. If you have an extra hour or so to wait for your tire to air up, and your car to possibly catch fire, then this is the compressor for you!!