Amana Dryer won't stay lit

[John Ch]

I have a three year old gas Amana Clothes dryer that won't stay lit. The ignitor will glow and it will ignite and heat for 15 seconds. It then goes off and restarts a few seconds later, but only stays lit for

10 seconds. It goes through this cycle one more time, but only stays lit for 5 seconds (all times are approximate). After that it will glow but not light unless I let it set off for several minutes. I replaced the infrared (or temp sensor) next to the ignitor and the photocell (I think) at the top of the burn tube, but no luck. It just glows, I hear a click and it goes off. Occasionally I will hear a vibration from around the coils when lighting. Do I need to replace the coil kit? I have good exhaust and the dryer will run forever going through these cycles. Any help would be appreciated.

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[jeff]

Hi,

The coils on the gas valve are bad for working once or twice and then failing ( they can be ohmed with an ohm meter )....but carefull of that noise/vibration you hear....a sticky/broken pin or spring in the gas valve will also work/fail intermittantly and often a buzzing is noticed from the valve itself = new gas valve.

*Some* common gas trouble makers are talked about from link below... helps if needed.

Do make sure!!

jeff.

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[Mad Mac]

I'd agree with Jeff here, sounds like classic symptoms of a bad coil.