I have a Whirlpool Duet gas dryer, GGW9200LQ0 that is roughly 12 years old. It runs and generates heat but in the last 10-11 months it has been taking too long dry a load of laundry (unlike its first 11 years of service)
I have previously disassembled it and vacuumed out excessive lint from the internals. This seems to help for some time but I need to do it again after 6 months.
The dryer does not turn off during a cycle but it doesn’t dry clothes completely. E.g. a 90 minute high heat cycle leaves 6-8 pairs of jeans warm and damp.
The dryer was moved to my basement about 10 months ago and a new rigid venting line installed (no screws). It’s about a 12′ run of venting upwards to a ground level exhaust vent and has about 3 elbows in the venting run. I just disassembled the venting and had to clean out lots of lint in the venting again.
I know how to test the thermostats, is there a way to test the other combustion components for problems? Shouldn’t the lint screen be catching more of the lint than this?
Also – how often should the thermostats, moisture sensor bars, coils and ignitors be changed? Would the drive belt, rollers and idler pulley be due for replacement at 12 years of average use?
- Sean Ralph asked 9 years ago
its normal to have a vent line cleared or changed 6-12 months but exessive is not good, could also be the types of clothes causing alot of lint but i would check the filter for tears or if the seals are missing around filter letting it slip by or not clearing the filter after each use, but alot of times long dry times are due to bad ventilation , so make sure you are having a good air flow, you could also eliminate the vent off the rear and use a panyihoes to capture lint and see if unit dryes fine hen you know you have a resticted vent, but another cause to long dry times with gas dryer are the gas coils on the burner are failing hafway through cycle and its not drying , so you might mant to make sure the coils are working the entire cycle or just replace them , but first start with the vent issue , then gas coils if that doesnt work, but still have a clear vent, the rollers belt ect are wear and tear parts so if you think the belt fraying and rollers are worn then replace but at the age it would not be a bad idea,
- Guest answered 9 years ago
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