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Hi Stanley,
the problem with the dryer flame going out is caused by defective coils on the gas valve and the gas valve coils should be replaced

Hi,

Yes, the thermostat needs to be replaced at the same time...

if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip....

If you have an electric dryer, you can have many different things that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat.

check out this electric no heat tip...

heatman101

The 3 pin coil is your booster and holding coil and it ignites the 2 pin secondary coil. Is the flame blue or yellow? I would change both. Coils are a lot cheaper than the whole gas valve assembly.
Make sure to check the dryer's airflow. If the dryer is ducted, pull the machine away from the duct and try starting it again. Does the dryer have some sort of electronic control which is sensing an error and terminating the heating circuit? If there is it would be a box type thing located near the gas valve and it would have lights flashing on it. If that's the case, it's a new problem in itself as you would need an error code listing to begin looking.
Assuming air flow is good and gas supply pressure hasn't dropped (also check that gas inlet hose is kink free) and it is the coils that are failing, change both and fix your problem

changed bad thermostate glows but won't light

no way to visually inspect that i know,but is the gas valve opening? you may have to replace the magnetic coils tat opens the valves.also tap on the gas valve lightly,could be sticking shut.

usually the gas valve is not the issue on these dryers after ten years of doing service calls i have only ever changed one. have you replaced the element that lights the gas? they have to see a certain resistance before they will open the gas valve. these will usually develop a hairline crack they will still glow red but not open the valve. when you replace it make sure you do not touch the element as this will shorten its life.

change the glow plug

All new dryers come with electronic ignition sources.
There is no pilot light to be lite on this type of gas dryer.

Could be a bad regulator.

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If you have replaced the igniter and the thermacouple. Your next item is the gas valve. This is not that hard to change out, but is probably the most expensive part on the dryer.


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