Atwood oven burner wont ignite

[aurcor]

my wedgewood by Atwood oven stopped igniting all of a sudden.

The burners work fine, and the pilot lights fine, but does not ignite burner bar.

I replaced the safety valve which came with a new thermocouple. Same results... no ignition.

It is a basic 3 burner stove with oven. no electronics.

any ideas?

tia

CJ

[dougrainer]

DrewE wrote:
I don't think the paper trick would help here, since the pilot is lighting properly and staying lit.

When you say "safety valve", does that imply that this is the (typically older) system where the pilot grows when the burner is to ignite, and the larger pilot flame causes a separate safety valve to open and permits gas from the thermostatic valve to flow to the burner? If so, maybe the bulb/thermocouple for the safety valve is not correctly positioned for the pilot flame to heat it properly, or the pilot burner needs adjustment or something like that.

If it's not that system, with a separate safety valve, I'd think the only reasoanble possible problems would be a faulty thermostatic valve not opening to send gas to the burner (which I think you might be able to diagnose by listening carefully to see if it clicks when it should open?) or a clogged/plugged main burner orifice.

Mind you, I'm not a gas appliance expert.

Thanks, I did not catch the Safety Valve part. I thought he meant the Tstat. But, if the pilot lights and stays lit and when calling for Oven burner to light, you watch the Pilot flame. When you turn to say 350, the Pilot flame should get bigger. If it does NOT, then your Oven Tstat assbly is defective. Doug

[DrewE]

I don't think the paper trick would help here, since the pilot is lighting properly and staying lit.

When you say "safety valve", does that imply that this is the (typically older) system where the pilot grows when the burner is to ignite, and the larger pilot flame causes a separate safety valve to open and permits gas from the thermostatic valve to flow to the burner? If so, maybe the bulb/thermocouple for the safety valve is not correctly positioned for the pilot flame to heat it properly, or the pilot burner needs adjustment or something like that.

If it's not that system, with a separate safety valve, I'd think the only reasoanble possible problems would be a faulty thermostatic valve not opening to send gas to the burner (which I think you might be able to diagnose by listening carefully to see if it clicks when it should open?) or a clogged/plugged main burner orifice.

Mind you, I'm not a gas appliance expert.

[dougrainer]

Take the Oven plastic knob off. Insert some pieces of paper inside the knob female shaft about 1/4 inch worth at the bottom. Then retry the Oven lighting process. Doug