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Funny smell from a gas dryer:
If you are having trouble with a funny smell inside your dryer or on your clothes, consider this...have you painted or varnished anything inside the home recently? Your gas dryer uses a lot of air, not just the air that blows out the vent but the air used to burn the gas ( natural or propane ) as well, anything like paint fumes or varnish fumes in the air will be picked up in the air used by the burner flame and burnt....this is often described by customers as - burnt fabric softener smell ..... - burnt soap smell .... - burnt medicine smell. Open your windows, air out the basement/home as good as possible, most customers tell me this will go away after a week or so once everything is dried and all the fumes are gone. Remember, if you smell gas....turn off the gas valve to the dryer and call for service!!
A tip from ( Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Douglas ) - This is sometimes caused by the filter not being completely clean. By this I am referring to the clogging of the screen from the use of fabric softener sheets. The chemicals in these sheets will, over a period of time, impair the air flow through the screen and cause the "gas odor" to become prominent – not to mention the temperature to rise within the dryer. I clean my filter with soapy water and a tooth brush about every other month and it keeps this from occurring.
Gas Dryer Troubleshooting
This is an universal style coil kit, it will fit MANY different brands and makes!
Change the coils in pairs of two, they are cheap and an easy repair, so doing both at the same time is a safer repair.
An Volt/OHM meter is the tool needed for ohming the dryers gas valve coils or for testing voltage.
You can test the coils using a multi-meter. The two prong coil ( 4 and 5 ) will read 1,000-1,300 ohms, and the three prong coil will read 1,300-1,400 ohms across prongs 1 and 2, and 500-600 ohms across prongs 1 and 3.
Before testing the gas coils, unplug the clothes dryer or shut off the power at the fuse box or breaker panel to avoid an electrical shock hazard. Turn off the gas line to avoid a possible gas leak. When moving a gas dryer be careful not to damage the gas line.
On the gas valve are one or two coils (solenoids) used to open and close the valve to control the flow of gas. If a coil fails, gas will not flow and the dryer will have no heat.
One easy way to diagnose a problem in the burner assembly is to observe the burner operation. Remove the small access panel at the bottom front of the dryer (many newer dryers no longer have this feature so you may be able to see and listen to the gas valve and ignitor with the top panel removed), select a high temperature setting and start the appliance. Watch the burner assembly, shortly after starting the dryer the ignitor should begin to glow. Next you should hear the click of the gas valve coil and a flame should ignite. The flame should be mostly blue and it should remain on for a minute or more.
If the ignitor glows for several seconds (up to 15 seconds) and then goes out, the problem is probably the coils (solenoids). If the ignitor glows and stays on, then the problem is usually the flame sensor. If it ignites and then quickly goes out, it is most likely a problem with inadequate air flow.
Not sure why, but someone decided to mold the two separate coils all together into a coil block...and there are 2 versions.
I found no different way to test them, so they should ohm test like mentioned above.
Not sure why, but someone decided to not make the coils a separate part and if you have any issues with the gas valve coil, you must replace the whole gas valve assembly.
Not smart LG!
Dryer Repair Parts
Related Linksjeff sr.
Funny smell from a gas dryer:
If you are having trouble with a funny smell inside your dryer or on your clothes, consider this...have you painted or varnished anything inside the home recently? Your gas dryer uses a lot of air, not just the air that blows out the vent but the air used to burn the gas ( natural or propane ) as well, anything like paint fumes or varnish fumes in the air will be picked up in the air used by the burner flame and burnt....this is often described by customers as - burnt fabric softener smell ..... - burnt soap smell .... - burnt medicine smell. Open your windows, air out the basement/home as good as possible, most customers tell me this will go away after a week or so once everything is dried and all the fumes are gone. Remember, if you smell gas....turn off the gas valve to the dryer and call for service!!
A tip from ( Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Douglas ) - This is sometimes caused by the filter not being completely clean. By this I am referring to the clogging of the screen from the use of fabric softener sheets. The chemicals in these sheets will, over a period of time, impair the air flow through the screen and cause the "gas odor" to become prominent – not to mention the temperature to rise within the dryer. I clean my filter with soapy water and a tooth brush about every other month and it keeps this from occurring.
Gas Dryer Troubleshooting
This is an universal style coil kit, it will fit MANY different brands and makes!
Change the coils in pairs of two, they are cheap and an easy repair, so doing both at the same time is a safer repair.
An Volt/OHM meter is the tool needed for ohming the dryers gas valve coils or for testing voltage.
You can test the coils using a multi-meter. The two prong coil ( 4 and 5 ) will read 1,000-1,300 ohms, and the three prong coil will read 1,300-1,400 ohms across prongs 1 and 2, and 500-600 ohms across prongs 1 and 3.
Before testing the gas coils, unplug the clothes dryer or shut off the power at the fuse box or breaker panel to avoid an electrical shock hazard. Turn off the gas line to avoid a possible gas leak. When moving a gas dryer be careful not to damage the gas line.
On the gas valve are one or two coils (solenoids) used to open and close the valve to control the flow of gas. If a coil fails, gas will not flow and the dryer will have no heat.
One easy way to diagnose a problem in the burner assembly is to observe the burner operation. Remove the small access panel at the bottom front of the dryer (many newer dryers no longer have this feature so you may be able to see and listen to the gas valve and ignitor with the top panel removed), select a high temperature setting and start the appliance. Watch the burner assembly, shortly after starting the dryer the ignitor should begin to glow. Next you should hear the click of the gas valve coil and a flame should ignite. The flame should be mostly blue and it should remain on for a minute or more.
If the ignitor glows for several seconds (up to 15 seconds) and then goes out, the problem is probably the coils (solenoids). If the ignitor glows and stays on, then the problem is usually the flame sensor. If it ignites and then quickly goes out, it is most likely a problem with inadequate air flow.
Not sure why, but someone decided to mold the two separate coils all together into a coil block...and there are 2 versions.
I found no different way to test them, so they should ohm test like mentioned above.
Dryer gas valve coil set
Item Number WPW10328463
Dryer gas valve solenoid set
Item Number WPW10368268
Not sure why, but someone decided to not make the coils a separate part and if you have any issues with the gas valve coil, you must replace the whole gas valve assembly.
Not smart LG!
Dryer Repair Parts
Related Linksjeff sr.