Gas Dryer Experts

[Biggerfish]

Need a little help.

My gas dryer is having some issues and a new one is not in the budget.

It runs fine but does not heat up? I read the igniter is problebly the problem and replaced it. Started it up and bam works great with heat and all. Told the wife to get busy with the piles of cloths that backed up. 20 minutes later she says it still is not heating up?

Any ideas? Is there a sensor that may be bad?(the dryer is Kenmore 8 yrs old)

Thanks in advace for any help.

[jeffreyd]

do a search as i think i remember seeing a post like this a couple months ago

[jeffreyd]

i looked but it was for an electric dryer

[TR21]

It may sound silly and you have probably looked at it but is the vent clear of lint? If its clear you could try the valve coil or thermal fuse - both of these could cause the problem if you have replaced the ignitor.

[Biggerfish]

Thanks for the feed back.

Coil was the problem.

Ran home at lunch and put two new ones in for $20.00 and works like a charm. Now my wife has a ton of work to do....(backed up cloths)

Hoping to get a few more years out of the dryer:)

Again thanks for all your responses.

Now maybe I can get grouse hunting this weekend.