GAS dryer not heating

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Moderator Post (s) for this thread: > Quickly? by DanO on 10/15/2007

** whirlpool [gas] dryer model number GGQ8858EQ1 is not heating **

** I am guessing it may be the heating element or igniter.**

There is no "heating element" in a gas dryer. They use a burner (an actual flame) instead.

** once in a while it will heat up, but most of the time it runs cool. **

What is the burner's ignitor doing when it should be heating? Is it glowing continuously? Turning on and off? or not glowing at all???

Those observations will be needed to start to diagnose possible causes.

Dan O.
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