Caravan Gas Oven Won T Stay Lit

The gas won t stay lit in my grill swift corvette 1997 we don t use the cooker much but it would be great to be able to grill things instead of frying all the time.

Caravan gas oven won t stay lit. It nearly touches the gas ring. The usual cause for the oven failing to stay lit is that the thermocouple which keeps the flame alight the little black spike by the burner can be missed by the pilot flame and therefore does not get hot enough to work. Replacement whirlpool ignitor http amzn to 2exwly6 burner ignitor http amzn to 2dxsdp1 this oven will heat up and appear to be working and as far as. By repeatedly and rapidly pushing the dial in maybe 10 30 times it can eventually stay lit sometimes after about 2 3 minutes there is a soft metallic clang and the flame goes out.

Since then it hasn t. When i release the dial the flame goes out even if i ve held it for a full minute. An engineer replace s the safety switch but thisbe resolved the issue with one of the rings but not the other two. The grill door was open.

When i repeated it but replaced the tray gently it stayed on for the day. One common fault in the manufacturing of leisure ovens is that the fascia panel where the control knobs are restrict the operation of the solenoid in the back of the valve. Alternatively the thermocouple or valve maybe faulty. But when the tray went back in place and fell down the flame went out.

This allows for the knob to depress the valve. They won t stay lit after letting go of the ignition switch. A quick check to see if it this is to remove the control knob pack out the hole in the control knob with a piece of paper making the hole shallower and then replace the knob. All 3 rings went faulty within the space of 1 month.

Very few caravan engineers seem to be aware of this. All four hobs light as does the oven but as soon as you release the knob on the grill it goes out. Its a thetford s op. In my u1 barcelona i found that the gas rings and oven would not stay lit when i released the knob after lighting.

I got a tip to make sure i pressed the knob firmly in when lighting and hold it in for about ten seconds or more after it lit. I kept it depressed for the normally required time but as soon as i let it go the flame goes out. Hi my caravan thetford ck13000 cooker hob has 3 x gas rings. Any idea what it could be.

Under the bottom of the oven where the pilot light is there is also a thermostat.