Clothes Dryer Smells Like Gas

The valve should seal shut when your dryer is off so that gas isn t released.

Clothes dryer smells like gas. If you smell gas even when your dryer is off the problem might be a defective valve. If there s no smell you can use your dryer as usual just remember to clean out the lint trap after each load. It can be caused by dirty filters or a breach in the exhaust system. Generally when the clothes come out of the dryer smelling like a weird chemical type odor it is a gas dryer.

Lint will smell like the clothes that it came from. So if you have lint. Dryer making clothes have a chemical smell 1. Run the dryer for up to 1 or 2 minutes to see if the burning smell is gone.

There is lint built up inside the lint trap. The flame that a gas dryer creates to supply heat is strong enough to ignite vapors from. My gas dryer is leaving the smell of lighter fluid on my clothes stained clothing. If your machine is brand new it is likely that the dryer is off gassing.

If your dryer is gas powered reconnect the gas line and turn it on. However it s possible for the valve to fail over time and emit a small amount of gas into the air whether or not the dryer is operating. In most cases a gas smell on the interior of your gas dryer or on your freshly laundered clothing is a sort of ventilation problem.