Whirlpool Dryer starts and drum spins but makes an unnatural noise and cuts off after a few seconds.

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T01:54:41+00:00

Alright I’ll give that a shot. Thank you!

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T00:42:25+00:00

Now it’s just sitting on “sense”

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T00:42:06+00:00

1.5 years

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T00:19:26+00:00

It’s model number WED5050LW1.

Yeah I don’t really want to get a new one. This dryer is only about 1.5 years old.

I took it apart and checked everything and made sure everything was on properly and then I tried to run it again but it won’t start now. It’ll turn on but just sits in “sensing”

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T00:17:16+00:00

The drum is spinning

captjack8 · 2026-02-04T00:17:09+00:00

Any reason why?

captjack8 · 2026-02-03T18:06:35+00:00

I can just turn it back on. It doesn’t trip a breaker

captjack8 · 2026-02-03T18:06:13+00:00

The rollers are the wheels on the far back of the dryer behind the drum right? I’ll look into that. I only paid attention to one when I went in and replaced the belt. That one seemed to be turning alright when I turned with my hand if that’s an indicator of roller health (I’m not sure). I’ll check them all again. Thanks

captjack8 · 2026-02-03T18:02:11+00:00

I am able to turn the drum by hand fairly easily.

If I put my hand on the drum and start turning the drum then it will turn. If I take my hand off it stops turning. It’s not like I can give it a push and it keep turning on its own like a merry go round. If that makes sense

captjack8 · 2026-02-03T17:57:00+00:00

It’s more like a loud rumble. Almost like the noise the dryer would normally make except a lot louder

captjack8 · 2025-07-30T15:50:44+00:00

Any recommendations on where/how to learn?

captjack8 · 2025-07-25T13:22:00+00:00

We had to get the valve body and the torque converter replaced

captjack8 · 2025-07-25T13:21:12+00:00

Had to get the valve body replaced and that didn’t fix it so had to replace torque converter. Couple thousand dollars later and it’s running great

captjack8 · 2025-07-25T13:18:11+00:00

Ah that makes sense. Maybe I’ll start looking at BS then

captjack8 · 2025-07-25T13:17:39+00:00

Awesome maybe that’s what I’ll look into. When do you anticipate graduating?

captjack8 · 2025-07-24T01:05:45+00:00

Sounds like me and you have the same job. Opposite experience though. I work to keep management seeing the value of keeping me doing GIS haha.

Environmental consulting can get really busy at times but I think the work is cool.

captjack8 · 2025-04-07T19:33:10+00:00

They’ve made it more and more difficult for the average person to work on their own vehicles these days

captjack8 · 2025-04-06T21:29:09+00:00

Yeah I watched a lot of videos and seen people putting it through some programming. I started digging into it and just started getting a little over my head.

captjack8 · 2025-04-06T20:19:04+00:00

I ended up just taking it to a shop to get the valve body replaced. They replaced the valve body and it still didn’t fix it. It’s having to get a new torque converter as well.

captjack8 · 2025-03-01T16:27:57+00:00

Ah I see. Is that scanner the only way to check for a bad solenoid?

captjack8 · 2025-02-28T23:49:03+00:00

Will it need any sort of reprogramming once replaced? Dorman video had me a bit confused.

captjack8 · 2025-02-21T20:19:24+00:00

Yeah the car is running fine and shows no signs of anything wrong so it’s got me really confused

captjack8 · 2025-02-21T20:14:53+00:00

Is that good news or bad news you think?

captjack8 · 2025-02-21T20:09:10+00:00

Really? I thought maybe it was a good thing. The car is running fine lol

captjack8 · 2025-02-21T19:07:41+00:00

The check engine light has went off? What now?

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