Maytag dryer does not maintain heat and clothes smell

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Maytag dryer does not maintain heat and clothes smell

My maytag atlantis dryer gets hot initially but then the heat stops. the dryer continues to tumble but the air is cold and the exhaust outside and the clothes in the dryer smell like gas. what gives?

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Anonymous Mar 18, 2014

Not heating Not heating
Anonymous Mar 22, 2014

it has always blown hot heat, but after maybe four loads today it just will not get hot at all
Anonymous Mar 22, 2014

dryer is very hot to the touch and clothes are over heated
Anonymous Mar 25, 2014

unit heats but will not tumble unit heats but will not tumble
Anonymous Mar 27, 2014

clothes smell like gas clothes smell like gas

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Check coils on burner assembly. Often when a dryer heats initially and then stops heating a coils has gone bad.

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