Billccm wrote

My Amana dryer is taking along time to dry
large loads. The model is LE8327W

Last night I removed the access panel, and
vaccumed everything, and I mean everything. It
was pretty dusty in there. I removed the lint
screen and vaccumed, and moved the dryer out and
vaccumed the vent opening, vent hose, and
inlet into the vet pipe.

How about the vent pipe all the way to the outdoors?

I left the access panel off and turned the dryer
on, no clothes, on 'auto-less-dry' cycle.
The heater element glows RED for about three
minutes, then I hear a click and the element
dims off. Then the timer moves towards 'cool
down', and ten minutes later the dryer is off.

I put a large load of towels in today, and the
dryer ran 2 hours and 20 minutes on 'auto
fabric, less dry' cycle.

Did you try a load on the timed cycle to see if it dried properly?

The heater element would glow RED for three
minutes, then 'click' off for several minutes,
then repeat.

That is usually the way dryers control the internal temperature.

The heater is NEVER on for longer then 3 minutes?

That may be normal. In order to tell if the thermostats are cycling
the element properly the air temperature where it exits the dryer is
usually observed.

Plugged or partially plugged venting (**anywhere from the inside of
the dryer right to the outdoors**) is one of the most common causes or
poor drying. On an electric dryer it is usually possible to totally
eliminate the venting as a possible cause by running the dryer for a
load or two with the venting totally removed. If drying improves, you
can be sure that the vent is (at least part of) the problem.

BTW, how do you replace the belt?

I don't know about your exact model but most Amana dryers are accessed
from the front to replace the drum belt.

Dan O.
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