** The ignitor glows until the click sound happens and then it goes off and stays off. **
If the ignitor continued to cycle on and off it would be displaying a classic symptom of a failure of the gas valve's solenoid coils. If the ignitor staying glowing red, a problem in the flame sensor would be likely.
- Gas Valve Solenoid Coil Kit
LINK > www.appliance411.com/data.php?rc=3479
- Gas Valve Radiant Sensor
LINK > www.appliance411.com/data.php?rc=2681
I can't think of any common failure that would cause it to turn off and stay off unless maybe there is a small crack in the ignitor (see the following link) which opens the electrical circuit once it expands as it heats up.
- Failed Ignitor
LINK > www.the-appliance-clinic.com/noignitor.html
- Gas Burner Ignitor
LINK > www.appliance411.com/data.php?rc=3018
You could also check the continuity of all the gas valve coils *at the time of failure* to see if any were totally open (infinite resistance aka no continuity) as that would be a sure sign of a failure of it/them.
Other than that, someone might need to confirm power is still getting to the burner assembly at the time of failure to make sure the power stoppage isn't in some part of the dryer's heater control circuit instead of at the burner.
JMO
Dan O.
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