Burner on gas stove won't light

Posted by Raleigh_3_Speed on July 29, 2008, 1:10 pm

I am trying to diagnose why a burner won't light on a gas range. The
left back burner went out a long time ago and now the left front won't
light.

There is no clicking sound when it is trying to light as occurs on the
working burners making me think it might be the electronic module ?

Could someone tell me some things to check?

Thanks,
Andy

Posted by Oren on July 29, 2008, 1:38 pm

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:10:17 -0700 (PDT), Raleigh_3_Speed

>I am trying to diagnose why a burner won't light on a gas range. The
>left back burner went out a long time ago and now the left front won't
>light.
>There is no clicking sound when it is trying to light as occurs on the
>working burners making me think it might be the electronic module ?
>Could someone tell me some things to check?
>Thanks,
>Andy

Sounds like the ceramic on the igniter is cracked. Inspect/replace the
igniter.

Posted by Anthony Diodati on July 29, 2008, 4:46 pm

> On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:10:17 -0700 (PDT), Raleigh_3_Speed

>>I am trying to diagnose why a burner won't light on a gas range. The
>>left back burner went out a long time ago and now the left front won't
>>light.
>>There is no clicking sound when it is trying to light as occurs on the
>>working burners making me think it might be the electronic module ?
>>Could someone tell me some things to check?
>>Thanks,
>>Andy

> Sounds like the ceramic on the igniter is cracked. Inspect/replace the
> igniter.

Can you light it with a match?
Tony

Posted by Chris on July 29, 2008, 2:18 pm

Raleigh_3_Speed wrote:

> I am trying to diagnose why a burner won't light on a gas range. The
> left back burner went out a long time ago and now the left front won't
> light.
>
> There is no clicking sound when it is trying to light as occurs on the
> working burners making me think it might be the electronic module ?
>
> Could someone tell me some things to check?
>
> Thanks,
> Andy

If you can light it with a match, you just need to replace the igniter. Normally
fairly easy to do.

Chris

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