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.
Clothes dryer smells like gas.
So if you have lint.
Sometimes new dryers need a few rounds to.
If your machine is brand new it is likely that the dryer is off gassing.
There is lint built up inside the lint trap.
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.
If you smell gas even when your dryer is off the problem might be a defective valve.
If your dryer uses gas to heat and you re doing or you have someone doing some painting refinishing stripping furniture varnishing or using some type of chemical in the house will cause a weird smell in your clothes.
If you ve recently completed a laundry load with clothes soiled with lighter fluid chemicals or.
If there s no smell you can use your dryer as usual just remember to clean out the lint trap after each load.
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.
Lint will smell like the clothes that it came from.
The valve should seal shut when your dryer is off so that gas isn t released.
If your dryer is gas powered reconnect the gas line and turn it on.
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