Gas Stove Burner Won't Light


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Old 02-01-19, 09:23 PM
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Gas Stove Burner Won't Light

I have a Whirlpool gas stove where the largest burner won't light without a match. I see a spark from the igniter and I cleaned the burner already. Is it possible that the igniter is still bad? Any way to test? Anything else I should try?

If the igniter needs to be replaced I would have to open the top of the stove. Majority of the burner screws are stripped so I probably would have to drill them. Would I be better off just buying a new stove then?

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Doug
 
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Old 02-01-19, 10:23 PM
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If you see the spark coming off the igniter and jumping to the burner.... then the small holes in the burner that supply gas directly to that area are most likely plugged. Take the burner off and check them out.
 
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Old 02-02-19, 07:48 AM
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The burner doesn't have a small hole but a small slit on the top. Pic attached. I don't see any debris blocking the slit.

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Old 02-08-19, 07:30 PM
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The blue circle represents the igniter area.
Look closely..... there should be a tiny hole at the base of the flame spreader.
That is how the burner lights.
 
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Old 03-12-19, 07:39 AM
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I got the stove top open by breaking the screws off. Is it possible that the igniter is bad even though I see the blue spark jumping around? I wanted to test the igniter with another one on the stove but those screws are also difficult to take off.
 
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Old 03-12-19, 01:14 PM
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If you see the spark where I indicated..... the igniter should be ok.
As I mentioned.... most of the time the problem is no gas to the igniter area.
 
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Old 03-12-19, 08:13 PM
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This is the surface burner I have. It doesn't have a hole for the gas to go through but slit at the top where the igniter is housed. Not sure what to replace.

 
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Old 03-13-19, 04:50 PM
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Try swapping with another one.
 
 

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