My Indesit washing machine also took up smoking only yesterday. this happens to be 2 weeks after the one year warranty ran out.
Not found the exact problem yet as it tripped the RDC on the home fusebox. Me not being an electrical engineer i simply unplugged it and blamed the missus for overloading it. However i do wish to have a go at fixing it before admitting defeat and calling a proper engineer out
Geoff
October 2006