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title: "Gas dryer igniter and valve repair"
description: "Electrolux gas dryer igniter and valve repair — six of this maker's eleven dryers are gas, and a gas dryer that tumbles without heat is a different machine…"
url: "https://electroluxmiami.support/services/gas-dryer-igniter-and-valve-repair/"
date_modified: "2026-09-11"
Appliance type: "Dryers"
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# Electrolux gas dryer igniter and valve repair

### One observation splits this in half

Watch a single ignition attempt. An igniter that glows and no flame follows points at the valve coils or the flame sensor. An igniter that glows, lights, and then goes out points at the sensor confirming the flame. An igniter that never glows at all is upstream of both. Six of this maker's eleven dryers are gas, so this is ordinary work here — and the sequence means testing rather than swapping, because valve coils are sold in pairs and fail singly.

What this involves

Six of eleven dryers on this badge are gas

Igniter, flame sensor, then the valve coils — in that order

Whether the igniter glows at all splits the diagnosis in half

Watch one full ignition attempt

Glow, no flame; glow then flame then out; or no glow at all. Three different repairs and one observation separates them.

Test the coils rather than swapping them

Gas valve coils are sold as a pair and they fail one at a time. Testing is quick and it avoids replacing a working part.

Check the airflow, because it applies here too

A gas dryer with a restricted duct cycles its safety devices exactly as an electric one does.

### Is a gas dryer worth the difference?

In running cost here, usually yes. In repair terms it has one more system to go wrong, and that system is the one nobody should improvise on.

### I can smell gas.

Stop, turn the supply off at the valve, open a window and do not operate any switch. Call the utility's emergency line first and us afterwards. That is not a repair question.

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