20 Most Recent Maytag Atlantis MDG7400AW Gas Dryer - Page 4 Questions & Answers

Small Diagnostics: is the gas line open, does the dryer still operate (tumble) but it does not heat, does the exhaust blow air out if so then the gas delivery, motor, vacuum motor are possibly working properly.

website http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=5170716&diagram_id=28476104#d28476104

Issues might then be in the ducting or the heating unit, this is the schematic of the gas line, heating, and ducting within the core of the dryer: If you take a close look at number 16 which can be seen inside the tumbler, Sometimes the port/ matrix of small air vent can clog up due to lint. Make sure that vent is not blocked. This prevent hot air from coming into tumbler.

When a unit over heats or fails it could be related to the high limit thermostat which is a sensor that get tripped or blows when it reached its limit check and see if its fried/ burnt (number 17).


Diagram number 2: http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=5170716&diagram_id=28476105#d28476105

This one contains or blown out thermostat fuses check and see if they are OK on diagram 2, Part number 8 Tstat and 10 thermal fuse.

Hopefully this help.

Here is a link to some disassembly pictures of a Maytag washer. The first few pictures show you how to get the face of the cabinet off to access the tumbler so you may be able to tighten it.

Hi,

If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heating the most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glows sometimes it is still not working properly.

if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip....

If you have an electric dryer, you can have many different things that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat.

check out this electric no heat tip...

heatman101

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Here is a video that will help you.

That would be the "igniter" you hear. You may have a problem with the igniter or the 2 coils on the gas valve. Below are links to the parts.
Igniter
Coils

sounds like it is not sensing the temperature, which is the thermostat, here is a website that will help you out, #6 dryers basic, Good Luck Tim:

http://www.applianceaid.com/general.html#timers

http://www.applianceaid.com/gas_dryer.html#noheat

Replacing the timer will solve your problem. You may get the part here.

May help if you check the fan to see if anything is obstructing it also check that the motor is not full of lint.

U NEED TO CHANGE THE ROLLERS

SOUNDS LIKE THE ROLLERS HAVE GONE OUT TAKE DRYER APART (FRONT) PANEL AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY FLAT SPOTS ON WHEELS

Hi, If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heatingthe most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glowssometimes it is still not working properly. if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip.... If you have an electric dryer, you can have many differentthings that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat. check out this electric no heat tip...

heatman101

make sure dryer vent pipe is clean, could be over heating causing heat shut down

Hi,

There can be many reasons why your dryer will not start or turn...

The most common causes are the belt breaking or jumping off, or the motor goingbad...

Here are a couple of tips that I wrote will help you to figure out why yourdryer will not run...

Dryer Repair - The Dryer is not Turning

Dryer Repair - The dryer will not start


heatman101 ..

vent is backed up. Fix it soon. It leads to more problems

Hi, If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heatingthe most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glowssometimes it is still not working properly. if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip.... If you have an electric dryer, you can have many differentthings that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat. check out this electric no heat tip...

heatman101

Hi,

If your dryer is not drying like it once did or if you just have nottaken the time to give yourself a clean dryer in a long time then youneed to do that. At least once a year the dryer cleaning should takeplace. Lint build up in the dryer duct is one of the main causesfor your dryer to fail.

Here is the rest of this tip about DryerMaintenance

heatman101

even though the ignitor comes no may still be bad i would try that first

may have bad ignitor

Hi, If you are having problems with your gas dryer not heatingthe most common problem is that the ignitor goes bad. Even though it glowssometimes it is still not working properly. if you dryer is gas check out this gas no heat tip.... If you have an electric dryer, you can have many differentthings that can go wrong causing the dryer not to heat. check out this electric no heat tip...

heatman101