Gas leak. frigidaire oven. sometimes you can smell gas in morning or evening when oven not in use, checked fittings and hose connectors..no bubbles. moved stove out this morning and now i cant smell anything..been going on for a couple of weeeks. sometimes you can smell gas and most times you can not

Douglas Henry

• 175 Answers
• Posted on Nov 23, 2006

SOURCE: oven not always working

MOre than likely your igniter is getting weak. If it doesnt pull enough amperage. it shouldnt let gas into the oven. If it is letting in gas and not igniting, I would suggest a new igniter and a new safety valve. Hope this helps!

john gagnon

• 943 Answers
• Posted on Oct 08, 2008

SOURCE: Kemore gas Oven /range - oven very slow to warm and gas leaks but Broiler ok

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.

SOURCE: Tappan TGFS26C, Oven igniter not even

Lets take the oven problem first. Sounds like you have a Hot Surface Ignitor problem. This is the device that glows and lights the burner. You can buy a universal ignitor at most appliance or heating and air conditioning supply houses. Note carefully how the old one is mounted. You may have to make some adjustments to mount the new ignitor, but it MUST be close to the gas burner like the old one! You don't smell gas because the gas valve will not open until the ignitor is hot. All ignitors work with the same voltage, so simply connect the new wires to the old ones.

I'm not certain if you have a standing pilot for the stove top burners or electronic ignition. Remove the top panel to check. If you have a gas pilot, relight it. If electronic ignition, clean the ignitors. If that does not solve the problem you may have to call a technician, as these systems can be complex.

Hope this helps.

Ray

SOURCE: Oven won't turn on, but the stove is fine!

Replace the oven glow bar ignitor.

SOURCE: brand new gas stove. When oven is turned on there is a heavily gas smell.

There have been reports of gas ranges which have been installed with no leveling legs. (due to various reasons, like a new floor installed, but the counter tops stayed in the same place, so the range surface would be higher than the counter top if the legs were installed) In some cases, this results in an insufficient amount of combustion air for the oven. To test this, put the range up on a set of 3/4 inch or so blocks and try the oven again. Let me know how that went. Thanks.