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title: "Gas dryer igniter replacement"
description: "LG gas dryer igniter replacement: on a gas dryer the igniter is the part that fails, far more often than the valve."
url: "https://lgmiami.support/services/gas-dryer-igniter-replacement/"
date_modified: "2026-09-06"
Appliance type: "Dryers"
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# LG gas dryer igniter replacement

### Listen for the rhythm at the start of a cycle

Stand beside a gas dryer for the first two minutes and you can hear the whole sequence. A soft click, then a pause of half a minute while the igniter heats, then a low whoosh as the burner lights. A machine that clicks, pauses, clicks again and never whooshes is telling you the gas is not being released, and on this appliance that is usually the igniter aging rather than the valve. One that lights, runs briefly and drops out over and over is a different part in the same assembly. If you smell gas at any point, leave the room and call the gas company before you call us.

What this involves

An igniter that glows can still be too weak to open the valve

It is measured, not judged by eye

The gas connection is leak-tested afterwards and the result written down

Watch a full ignition attempt

Glow, then flame within about a minute. A glow that fades with no flame is the diagnosis.

Measure the current draw

This is what actually opens the valve, and it is the only honest test.

Check the flame sensor

It produces a nearly identical symptom and costs a fraction as much.

Replace and test through several cycles

Ignition failures are often intermittent when the part is on its way out.

Leak-test the connection

Every joint disturbed, tested and documented.

### The igniter glows bright orange, so it must be working.

That is the most common wrong conclusion in this repair. It weakens with age and can still glow while drawing too little current to release the gas, which is why it gets measured rather than looked at.

### Can a gas dryer be converted to electric?

Not practically. It is a different machine with a different outlet behind it. If the gas line is coming out for other reasons that becomes a replacement conversation, and we will be straight with you about the arithmetic.

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