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title: "Gas dryer igniter and valve repair"
description: "GE gas dryer igniter and valve repair — a gas dryer that tumbles without heat is usually the igniter, the flame sensor or the valve coils, and the three fail…"
url: "https://gemiami.support/services/gas-dryer-igniter-replacement/"
date_modified: "2026-08-31"
Appliance type: "Dryers"
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# GE gas dryer igniter and valve repair

What this involves

Diagnosed by watching one ignition cycle

Igniter, sensor and coils, in that order of likelihood

Gas work, done with the meter on it

Watch the ignition sequence

Glow, light, sustain. Where it stops is the diagnosis, and it takes one cycle.

Test the flame sensor and the coils

A sensor that has drifted will not call for gas; coils that have weakened will not hold the valve open.

Check the vent, again

Because a gas dryer with restricted airflow trips its protection exactly like an electric one, and the symptom is identical.

Fit, test and check for leaks

With the gas on and the meter on the connection, before anything is closed up.

The leak test that ends every gas job

With the gas on and a meter on the connection, before anything is closed up. It is part of the figure rather than an option.

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