Back burner has yellow flame

Disregard - Overcome by events...

Roy Ken

A yellow burner flame means the burner is not getting enough air.

Take it out and clean it.

red31 wrote:
A yellow burner flame means the burner is not getting enough air.

So much for what I know haha... I always thought it was getting too much air... Went to GOOGLE and it says:

"A yellow burner flame means the burner is not getting enough air. Gas stoves are popular with homeowners because they provide efficient heat transfer with precise heat control. They heat cookware with flame from a burner. A properly adjusted gas stove burner burns with a blue flame."

So I stand corrected after all these years hehe... Thanks for the info... Learn something new everyday...

Roy Ken

red31 wrote:
A yellow burner flame means the burner is not getting enough air.

Thanks - Yeah - I looked it up on Google and it said to adjust the opening for the air. There is no adjustment on those burners. :(

Chris Bryant wrote:
Take it out and clean it.

Thanks! This is the cleanest stove I have ever seen. This is our new-to-us 2004 Roadtrek - and it looks like nobody ever cooked. I did take off the burner to look into the tube - maybe a spider got in there... Looked clean, but I blew it out anyway with the air compressor. Still gets orange-ish yellow after about 3 minutes.

Is it possibly a manufacturing fault?

What I am wondering is if I could make the air hole in the tube a bit larger with my Dremel. Or would I wreck it entirely?

pasusan wrote:

Chris Bryant wrote:
Take it out and clean it.

Thanks! This is the cleanest stove I have ever seen. This is our new-to-us 2004 Roadtrek - and it looks like nobody ever cooked. I did take off the burner to look into the tube - maybe a spider got in there... Looked clean, but I blew it out anyway with the air compressor. Still gets orange-ish yellow after about 3 minutes.

Is it possibly a manufacturing fault?

What I am wondering is if I could make the air hole in the tube a bit larger with my Dremel. Or would I wreck it entirely?

Take the burner out and run a brush through it- it has a spider web, or some obstruction. Don't go at it with a dremel or anything like that- it is correctly designed, it is just dirty.

All it takes is a spider building a nest or dying in the supply line. You should be able to clean that out.

OK - thanks guys... I found a brush that would fit. I went in and out, twisting and nothing came out at all. I do believe it is working better than before as long as I keep the flame real low. Still when I turn it up after about 3 to 4 minutes the flame is mostly orange. I'm actually starting to think it has to do with the burner getting hot, since it is perfect at first. The aluminum expanding? The front burner flame gets more orange as time goes on too - but not as bad as the back burner.

Thanks for all the help...

With some stoves ,you take the knob off and there is an adjustment screw way inside the part that the knob attaches to . I think a small straight screwdriver will fit .