Gas oven goes out while in use
(Pls note this is the oven, not the cooktop/stove) This has happened to me twice In the past week and it makes me concerned. Propane tanks are full. Light the pilot. Crank up the temp to 450. Bu...
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Chris Bryant wrote:
I would guess the pilot is a bit clogged, and the pilot flame is too small. Once it gets up to temp, the main burner goes out, and the pilot cannot keep itself lit.
That's what I was thinking. Using a straw try blowing at the pilot hole with your lungs and see if it clears up. Also, a little bit of carbon might have built up on the end of the pilot tube. Scrape it off with something like a fingernail file. You might even try banging on it lightly with a pair of pliers.
Be careful though you don't want to make it worse and plug the hole completely up.
It's such a teiny tiny pilot hole and flame it doesn't take much to get it clogged. Then when the main burner goes off, which sometimes happens with a poof, it blows the pilot out.
