What is wrong with my Gas range?

Question

I have a gas range (Stove) and this stove has three burners not working, now we just cleaned it, (Via scowering the top and all that). We get the gas smell but only one burner ignites, what should i do?

Answer 1

you are having an ignition problem. depending on the age of your stove, here are some common fixes. 1 check the diffusers. those are the little hats with all the holes in them . Make sure they are sitting on straight. If they are knocked crooked in the older stoves, they may not ignite. they should lift off to be cleaned. 2. If your stove is newer, you may have a bad wire going to the ignites. , or a bad ignitor. if the diffuser is sitting directly against the ignitor, the spark will not arc and the gas will not light. 3. if you have an old stove.you may have a couple of pilot lights under the pan between the burners. If you do , you will have a hole in the front of the stove to allow air to get to the pilot. BE CAREFUL. these older stoves can be dangerous and care should be given when relighting these pilot lights,you may want to find someone who knows what their doing around the older stoves.Be careful and good luck.

Answer 2

Be very careful!!!

Sounds like this is electric ignition. There is a little spot where a spark is made that ignites the gas. If it's wet, it won't ignite. If it's dirty, it won't ignite. WITH THE GAS OFF, take off the burner and look for a little metal point that comes up. Clean this with a DRY paper towel, and clean the corresponding point on the part that comes up. Make sure everything is DRY. Make sure that there is no dirt, that that the burner fits back in place snug and all the way down. Try turning it a little ways back and forth, if you can turn it, something is wrong.

If you can't figure it out, then stop and call the gas company, who will send someone out. Better paying a few bucks if you must that dying of explosion.

Answer 3

Check and clean pilot lights -small gas burners that stay lit to provide ignition to burners that are turned on. This is a very serious problem if you have an older gas range that use the pilot lights.,because if not lit pilot lights are leaking gas into the stove top and may explode if not repaired.
All modern gas ranges have electric ignition systems that do not have the gas leak hazzard.
Either system may be malfunctioning due to becoming wet when you cleaned it or by foreign material which covers or blocks the ignition systems. Simple visual inspection can find a pilot light that is not lit. Water or food particles can short out electric ignition.

Answer 4

the igintors may hay been damaged or blocked during cleaning. recheck the ones that do not light. for such a problem. if the burners lit off a single pilot lite then that is the most likey cause. one that has seprate electronic ignitors may you may not have put them back poperly after cleaning and the gas is not getting to the ignitor. or you gummed up or broke the igintors on those three by rushing the job. in which case better call a repair man and spend the extra bucks to fix the range instead of the whole house.

Answer 5

THE PILOTS ON EACH OF THE BURNERS HAS TO BE RE LITE....YOU HAVE TO LIFT THE TOP OF THE STOVE UP...WHERE THE BURNERS ARE AT THAT PART SHOULD LEFT UP AND HAVE A HANDLE TO HOLD IT UP WHILE YOU DO THIS...DO NOT TURN THE BURNER ON TILL YOU DO THIS..LOOK AT THE ONE THAT WORKS..DO THE SAME THING TO THE OTHER THREE...NOW TURNER THE BURNER ON AND SEE IF IT WORKS...TOLD YOU SO.........

Answer 6

ON the burner that does not work-stick a tooth pick into the tiny holes around the side of the top. They may have got plugged up when you cleaned them. Its common.

Answer 7

If you have just cleaned it ...lok to make sure that your cleaning agent has not clogged the holes in the burner that the flames come out of.
I had that happen before and had to take a toothpick and clean the holes.

Answer 8

ordinary and that i don't see something interior. This grow to be months in the past. on the comparable time (perhaps interior of a week, perhaps on the right comparable time), the kind began appearing up. The burners never lit on their own for awhile, and now will sporadically. The ignition clicks yet we could desire to apply a tournament. The flames are blue yet yellow while a pan is on suited and our pans get lined in soot. The flames are additionally under ordinary. there is likewise a g

Answer 9

Probably the ignitors have gone out or they are clogged. Pretty rare for 3 to go out at once. Depending on the age of your range it could be a control panel issue or a defect in the wiring.