This is basically a continuation of the last topic. Moisture in your filament doing strange stuff or the machinery isn’t clean from manufacturing.
Steam coming out of your nozzle
Explanation
If the filament is wet enough, you will see steam coming from your nozzle. While usually harmless, the print quality will suffer greatly from this.
What to do
If it’s too late and moisture has affected the filament, try drying the filament or replace the spool.
To prevent moisture store your filament dry, this is why we at rigid.ink provide special Mylar (metallic) resealable bags with each order. Maybe build a dry box for storage or even to keep the filament dry while printing sensitive materials like Nylons or PVA, with those materials, a few hours on an especially humid day is all it takes.
Smoke coming out of your nozzle
Explanation
Usually this is a hardware issue. Clicking means the motor is stalled, so that it is just twitching and not rotating. This will eventually ruin your print, leading to layer shifts or leaning prints.
How to fix
There is too much friction when the motor tries to move. Clean, lubricate smooth rods, lead-screws and check bearings.
Something may be blocking the movement of the axis in question. Check alignment and anything that could prevent the movement.
You’re trying to operate your motors at too high speeds (including acceleration/jerk settings), lower and try again.
Insufficient current may be being supplied to them (check Vref on the stepper driver for this axis).
The motor may have overheated, allow to cool and see if it happens again.