Why Won T My Gas Oven Stay Lit

Now the oven does not stay lit when the oven knob read more.

Why won t my gas oven stay lit. When i release the dial the flame goes out even if i ve held it for a full minute. There were no problems before the gas was originally shut off so we don t know why the oven pilot will not stay lit. It consists of a heat sensor connected to a solenoid. When a thermocouple fails the pilot light won t stay lighted.

When the sensor is not heated by the pilot flame the solenoid closes the gas supply line. The proper procedure is to 1 leave the door ajar 2 turn the knob to start the gas flow for either the broiler top or the oven bottom 3 depress the button to initiate the ignitor spark and 4 after the gas ignites hold the ignitor. The gas was off for 5 days. The oven will light and stay lit as long as i m holding in the dial.

The thermocouple which operates as a safety device turns the gas supply off when the pilot light goes out. If it lights it usually will bake for a while maybe 1 2 hour and then when it tries to ignite again to keep the temp it won t light. I did not touch the burner. Now works instantly every time.

Yesterday i cleaned the door seals and surrounding panels. You need to push the gas knobs in very hard during ignition. After a year of clicking for up to a minute to get any burner to stay alight we found the problem. My gas oven uses an electrical ignitor spark to ignite the gas for the broiler and for the oven.

When i again go to light the oven pilot it will stay on until i let go of the handle. I have a smeg ce854gx free standing gas cooker running on lpg. Click here to order a new oven ignitor. The stove top is working perfectly.

Gas oven wont stay lit pain in the arse to replace in most ovens as it runs from the bottom oven plate where the flame is delivered up the side of the oven to the back of the knob on the front. It s 6 years old. In most cases you have to take the top of the oven off where your rings are to fit the other end to the knob. Https amzn to 2yhax5g produced by scott the fix it guy with o.

How to replace the bake igniter in your gas oven. My gas oven will light only sometimes it is a whirpool super capacity 465 model sf377pegb7. But it worked fine the day that the service rep came to inspect. 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.