Kenmore gas stove Gas leak

Shut your gas off at the tank or meter valve. Open windows and doors and vacate. Call an appliance or gas technician!

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If it is just short final flare, it is probably just the gas still in the supply pipe to the burner. That last bit of gas will burn off rapidly right after the valve is turned off.

follow this steps and fix it. God bless you

f the pilot light on your stove goes out, natural gas may build up in your stove. If your pilot light has gone out, open the kitchen windows and doors for 15 minutes to let the gas dissipate safely then relight the pilot light. Do not relight the pilot light immediately -- striking a match could cause an explosion.
Gas Leak

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  If you can smell the sulfur-like or rotten egg smell of gas, there may be a gas leak inside or outside your home. You might also hear a hissing sound coming from the stove or another appliance or from a pipeline. Outside gas leaks may kill or stunt nearby vegetation. Signs of carbon monoxide poisoning include nausea, dizziness, fatigue and other flu-like symptoms.
  
  

f you still smell gas after relighting the pilot light, don't hesitate. Leave your home, along with the rest of your family and pets, then call your utility company or 911 from a safe location. Leave the doors and windows open behind you, especially if the odor is strong or you can hear the hissing of a gas leak. Do not turn appliances or lights on or off or use a phone in your home. Do not strike a match or use a lighter, either. Prevention
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Firstly, The guy who tested with a lighter needs reporting to the professional body that qualfies gas engineers (In the UK he would have to be "CORGI registered" I presume you have similar in the US). Had he found a substantial leak with his lighter he could have exposed you to a lethal explosion.

Here is a vers safe ameture way to see if you have a leak:

First: Vevtilate the room so there is no smell of gas, open all the windows and doors and let the air blow through. If there is any hint of a gas smell, just call out a gas emergency service.

It's unlikely taht your leak is that bad and if you are happy that lighting the stove is not going to cause an explosion, do the following:

• Turn the gas off at the main
• Immediately, go to the stove and light the smallest burner
• Time the interval between lighting and the flame dying out for lack of gas
• Turn the burner control to off
• Turn the main back on
• Light ALL the burners (It may take a moment) to ensure any air is evacuated from the system
• Turn OFF all the burners
• Return to the main and turn that off
• Wait 30 minutes to an hour
• Without turning the main back on, turn on the small burner and time the interval it ramains lit again.
• Turn the control to OFF

The time it took the burner to go out immediately after turning off the gas and the time it took after your 30-60 minute wait SHOULD be the same.

If it took less time to go out after the wait period, it's because some gas leaked out somewhere.
If the time was the same you have no leak.

If this demonstrates you DO have a leak, my advice would be to call out the idiot who tested the stove the first time and go through the test with him. Then, demand a refund on pain of you reporting him for a health and safety violation if you don't get your money back. Now throw him out of the house.

Call out someone who is more competent (Shouldn't be difficult, a trained chimp would probably out perform this guy!)

You can test the new guy's work the same way before he leaves too!

There is NO WAY that a leak like this should force you into a replacement stove unless someone can demonstrate what the failing component is and that costs more to replace than a new stove.

Hope all the above helps. Please drop a comment on this thread to let me know how you got on, or if you need any further advice

You may have to use dish soap straight, do not use the brush. I use an old spray bottle and dish soap straight, not watered down, to find my leaks. Gas is a very low psi. Soapy water will not bubble up. It can and will just be pushed out of the way. Do not forget any other gas appliances in the house, hot water heater, stove, any thing that uses gas. Please check all. Recheck your stove and even any connections inside, on/off valve etc. Hope this helps Fixya up.

Hi,
Take a spray bottle and mix up a solution of strong dish soap and water... then spray down all of the connections in the gas line...with the gas turned on and the room well ventilated.
There will be bubbles from the leaking gas where the leak is. Proabably all you will need to do is tighten the connection that is leaking...

heatman101

the previous owner was on lp gas, you are on natural gas. the orfice ratings are different. call a professional to convert the range back to natural gas.

then u probably have a leak did you test for leaks?

Mix some dish soap any water and brush it onto the connections...bubbles mean a leak, if its not the connections you did and the pipes are not new but the unit is then it could be the unit.

test any connection you can get too.

Hi thanks for the question. the problem you are having is with the igniter in the oven. it ignites but not hot enough to burn all the gas. replace the bake igniter. thanks the appliance doc. please rate my answer. thanks.