Hi everyone,

I stumbled on to this site and its been full of useful info!

I'm hoping someone can help me with my dryer. I've read just about every gas dryer issue I could find, but it doesn't solve my problems.

Last week I noticed a strong odor of gas from the dryer, so after research on this site I changed the coils. When I put the new coils in, the dryer fired right up. I let it run, the flame goes out, after a minute or so the ignitor glows again and turns off, but no flame and then the smell of gas.

Once the dryer has cooled down, I start it again and the ignition coils glows, flame comes on, runs a cycle, ignitor glows again and no flame just the smell of gas.

Can someone please help?! Like most of us, I'm on a kind of tight budget and would prefer not to call a technician.

I have a video if that helps.

Thank you in advance!

Hi, thank you for the reply. I was afraid it would come down to this part. I understand this part doesn't usually fail...seems it would be just my luck lol.

Is there a way to verify it is indeed this part before I spend $200 + the cost of a certified technician?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-Ljw6Rmw0

Here is a link to a video I took after replacing the coils. I stopped recording after the 2nd time the igniter kicked on and off because there was no flame and gas was being released.

Thanks again for all your help!!!

Hi,

Thank you for your help!

The reason I am testing it in this manner is because when I first replaced the coils the dryer worked for 1.5 loads of laundry. (They were small loads)

The dryer worked great during the first run and testing before I ran a load in it. I did smell a faint odor of gas from the exhaust vent outside the house.

During the 2nd load is when I began smelling the gas again in the house and in the drum, i first removed the white cap on the front and saw exactly the same as what is happening in the video. So I took the dryer apart and began retesting everything.

I really appreciate all your time and help...this is driving me crazy lol.

I even went and exchanged the new coils for other new coils thinking they may have been faulty.

That's exactly what I did before I took the video. I tested the flame sensor and there is continuity. I tested the high temp sensor (little white one on the back) that had continuity, the coils all tested fine.
Is there a reason why the gas valve would fail or only get flame intermittently? If I smell gas, does that mean the valve is working? I have no idea how the gas valve works.

Thanks again for all your help.

It is possible for the igniter to be weak. It didn't appear so in the video.
Do you have gas smell all the time or just when it doesn't ignite? If only when it doesn't ignite try installing a new igniter. Whirlpool 279311 Dryer Igniter Kit and Bracket - AppliancePartsPros.com
The cool thing with our Buy n Try policy if this doesn't fix your problem just return the part for a refund. Look at the info, just click on the "365 Day Buy and Try" link on your parts page.