My frigedaire gas dryer is making a whooshing sound for a second when going into cooling mode. Why?

Could be thermostat

There is a sensor that detects the oven temperature, it must be defective and sending a signal that oven is at set temperature and this shuts off the gas valve.

The way it works is the coils the ignitor and the flame sensor are all powered up when the control thermostat calls for heat.

If all of these are good then look for these fuses

Any of these open and yall won't have no heat


This one does not have a pilot light. It is all automatic. When the control thermostat falls below 105f then it closes and powers up the gas assembly, all of the components are powered up at the same time. The ignitor has to reach 1800f to make the flame sensor trip and when it trips the power gets diverted to them coils. So make sure yall are getting power to the gas assembly first and then check the ignitor and sensor for continuity.. The ignitor does 2 jobs, it lights the gas and acts as a thermocouple once the flame is lit. if for some reason the gas were not to ignite then once that puppy cools down it shuts off the gas flow and that is your built in safety. The control thermostat alows power to the gas assenbly only until the drum temp reaches 160f. Then it opens and stops the power to the gas assembly. This is going on and off all throughout the drying process and it is normal to hear a click and a whoosh every so often. The flame does not stay on.

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Try removing the ice tray and look for cubes jammed between the ice maker and the wall. After I cleared them out the whooshing stopped immediately.

You need to inspect the blower wheel
Give it a good clean and replace that blower wheel. Check for air restrictions

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It sounds like the first thing to do is have burners and pilot cleaned and adjusted so ignitor and pilot flame is close to main burner ignition rail.

The "whoosh" is due to delayed ignition because the pilot flame does not come in contact with main gas.

One more thing that should be tested is the gas pressure and combustable air mixture to be sure it is correct.

It is always best to have a qualified technician do this for you, In many areas the gas supplier with check and safety test this for you.

Make sure that you have second audio program turn off.

since new compressor installation that noise is either a little to much gas in the system or to little. Mostly in my experiance, to much. Need to get Tech. back and check gas level. quick to see whats happening internally then.

something in the vent or blower housing the reason it heats for a short time then has to cool is a possible restriction problem