Clothes Dryer blowing cold air..

[R. Kannan]

Hi,

I have a Whirlpool Gas clothes dryer (Model LG6881XS) and
it has stopped drying the clothes. It tumbles the clothes
but seems to be blowing cold air even at the highest temperature
setting. What could be the problem? Is there anything I should look
into before calling an applicance repair shop?

Thanks for any help.

[steve]

Check to see if the igniter has failed -- it may be a ceramic igniter
that can fracture. If this is the case the gas will not light and the
dryer will detect this and stop the gas, causing the clothes to tumble
in the cold. :)

Igniters are pretty easy to replace if you are at all handy with hand
tools, just be CAREFUL not to drop or otherwise stress the new part or
it may fracture too.

steve

[Dave Harnish]

Hi there,

I'd suggest calling a pro. It's very probably just the thermal fuse,
but a pro sees these every day and can usually be in/out in under
an hour, including giving the dryer a good clean/lube.

This can be caused by gas control problems too: ignitor, flame
sensor, valve coils, etc, but more commonly the thermal goes open.

Don't know how 'handy' you are, but if there's still no heat after temp.
bypassing the thermal, I'd put a 120V test bulb on the valve assy
supply leads. Light=problems in the ignition/valve assy; no light=control
problem - tstat, timer, etc.

Just like 'no-heat' electric dryer diagnosis, starting at the heat source
and working backwards is most efficient. But you do have to work it
with the power on, and if you're not comfortable doing that, by all
means, call a pro.

BTW, if you find an open thermal fuse, be sure to verify lots of airflow
out the vent system before you replace it. Low airflow will kill the new
one pretty quickly, and is the #1 cause of dryer problems.

Hope that's of some help.

--
God bless,

Dave Harnish
Dave's Repair Service
New Albany, PA
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570-363-2404

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[R. Kannan]

Thanks to all those who replied. It was the igniter (and the flame sendor
which apparently fails whenever the igniter does). I got it fixed by a pro.

[Dan O.]

>R. Kannan wrote

>
>Thanks to all those who replied. It was the igniter
>(and the flame sendor which apparently fails
>whenever the igniter does). I got it fixed by a pro.

Glad to hear you got it heating again but the flame sensor used on gas
dryers actually fail fairly *infrequently* (1:50 or higher compared
with ignitor failure). You must have just had back luck that both
failed at the same time.

JMO

Dan O.
-
Appliance411.com
http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Whirlpool+dryer

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>> > R. Kannan wrote:
>> >
>> > I have a Whirlpool Gas clothes dryer (Model LG6881XS) and
>> > it has stopped drying the clothes. It tumbles the clothes
>> > but seems to be blowing cold air even at the highest temperature
>> > setting. What could be the problem? Is there anything I should
look
>> > into before calling an applicance repair shop?

>>steve wrote: