Gas Oven Pilot Light Not Working

If your electric oven is not working but the stove top is the situation is similar to that of a gas stove.

Gas oven pilot light not working.

11 20 2019 by adam same as adam over here. If the stove operates on lp gas check the level in your tank. Whether it s grease buildup or food crumbs one of the most common causes for a gas burner that has trouble igniting is debris blocking gas flow to the igniter. Check the following if the unit has power but is not lighting.

Push in the oven control while you hold a lighter in front of the pilot orifice. Open the oven and expose the pilot and burner assembly by removing the cover plate and flame spreader if there is one. This video is a great diy guide to replacing the igniter for the oven not lighting. If you need help with the burner you should try cleaning the burner holes to remove gunk that could be the cause of the issue.

This may require the help of another person. The pilot orifice is at the end of a small tube just above the oven burners. The element may be burnt out. The burners won t light.

Open the door of the oven s broiler section. If the oven has a pilot light you will see a gas tube that may or may not. I have gas the burners work on the range top the pilot is lit for the oven burner but gas isn t flowing into the burner so it can t light. Begin by removing the grate.

The unit is getting power as evidenced by the working burners so there must be something wrong with the oven heating element. Before you light it turn on the two back burners on the stove to bleed air from the gas line. You can check this by removing the burner and performing a continuity test. The oven won t light or 2.

If cleaning the thermocouple didn t allow your pilot light to stay lit or cleaning the thermopile didn t allow the pilot light to generate enough electricity to open your gas valve and ignite the burner it might be time to replace one of them.