Gas Dryer Smells Like Burning Rubber

A properly functioning dryer should never smell like burnt rubber or elicit a burning smell of any kind.

Gas dryer smells like burning rubber.

Burning smells in your clothes dryer can signify a simple easily fixed problem or something much more serious. Regardless of the size of the issue it s best to call on one of our technicians when you smell smoke or gas coming from an appliance. The only way to find out is to have a professional check it out. I have tried running the dryer with clothes and without clothes and no matter what it makes the burning smell.

Malfunctions in the dryer s heating element or even faulty wiring in your house could be causing the burning smell. Any other heat setting i use causes the burning smell. I understand your panic of thinking this smell is because of a gas leak and it is possible but it s more likely a vent or filter issue. If you have a gas dryer the heating element is located inside the electrical cabinet on the backside of the dryer.

In fact problems with clothes dryers often start house fires according to dryer help. For that reason it is important to promptly identify and solve any problem that causes a burning smell in your dryer. The first thing you ll want to do is stop the dryer. According to the u s.

Fire administration clothes dryers start 2 900 house fires per year about a third of those fires are caused by excess lint buildup inside the dryer so it s time to investigate. Look for a long white or silver cylindrical tube the combustion tube with two or three wires attached. The burning smell from your dryer may be lint buildup or another common problem such as a failing thermostat motor or belt. If the wires or old or have come unattached they may have partially melted and caused the burning smell.

The burn smell starts about 1 or 2 minutes after the dryer is tumbling on the high or low heat setting. Burning smell from dryer is a possibility that there s something broken a part is malfunctioning or that there s something caught in the fans belt or vent system. If i run the dryer on tumble dry the smell seems to go away. My gas dryer smells like gas.