Gas Stove Top Burners Not Lighting / Not Working
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ค. 2012
- Basic Troubleshooting Tips for a Gas Stove with 1 or more top burners that are not lighting. These are the 3 main reasons for gas range burners to not light. These tips will apply to most stoves that have an ignition type lighting system for the top burners.
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I can't thank you enough for this awesome, oldie-but-perfect video. Because you were so thorough and covered "all the bases" by explaining how this all works, and then addressing each of the potential sources of problems, you saved me hundreds in repairs (or even a replacement). Your experience is so obvious because everytime you explained some of the reasons that might have caused the problem, I'm like: "How'd he know I did that?" Anyway, your suggestion for simply clearing the little hole between the igniter and the gas did the trick. Before I watched your video, I didn't even know that hole was there. A little soaking and a pin later... Ta-Da!!! Fixed. Thanks for everything!
Bill's the man, he's saved me a washer, dryer, stove and electrician service call. Thanks dude!
Let me know how you make out.
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Thanks, Bill. You just saved me a very expensive and unnecessary repair bill. I had a handyman come by and tell me I needed all new parts. But it turns out my problem was example 3, a clogged gas hole. Not only can that be a problem but all the little vent holes in the top pieces can get clogged. So, I went through and cleaned out all of the holes in all of the pieces. Now my stove performs great. Thanks for taking the time to put together the video.
Thanks! One of my burners hasn't been working for years. Turns out the hole was just dirty. Now it works like a charm. Great video!
Thanks! You saved me a service call. I was able to clean the pin holes in the burners. Works like new!
This video you made 10 years ago enabled me, a 68-year-old grandma, to fix the burner on my GE gas stove after tenants almost trashed it. Spent hours cleaning it after they moved, then watched this video about trouble-shooting burner that wouldn't light. Since it wasn't even clicking, I tried replacing the burner switch on the wiring harness. My stove is 25 years old (doesn't look it!) so the part is discontinued, but I found a used one on eBay and now it works perfectly. Thank you!
Thanks so much for fixing my stovetop problem. The pilot hole needed cleaning and now lights perfectly! Saved me a service call. I fixed it myself!
Thanks for Watching! Glad I was able to help!
What about if no burners click?
I need help
This was extremely well explained. Clear, concise and well organized. Thank you!
Thank you. Your the best! I took my burner apart and cleaned it and now it works. great video!
Thank you for this. The third segment gave me the clue I needed. My wife's cleaning had left water in the spark hole.
Same here! Just that it's my husband cleaning.. N I found this video
How did you fix it?
@@AkuotDiri I used a small paper clip, unfolded, and inserted through the hole from outside in. The paper clip won't go far as it will hit a turn in the gas flow direction. However, you will be able to see the paper clip sticking through from the top view. This is also assuming that you can light the eye with a match or BBQ lighter when the gas is turned on and that, when unlit, you can see the spark from the ignitor. 1) See if the burner will light with the eye turned on and a match or other source applied. 2) If it does, take all the burner parts off and see if the ignitor sparks when you turn on the eye. 3) If so, clean the hole described in the video with a small paper clip. 4) Reassemble everything and test it out. If you followed these steps, the burner should work.
No gas or no power to stove.
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Great video!
My problem was the small hole was clogged I just cleaned and works again!!
This was perfect and exactly what I was looking for ! Ordered the part and fixed it in first attempt . Thank you sir!
Thank you Bill for explaining the mechanics of it. In my case, the pin hole was clogged as you showed in your video. Cleaned it and it works like a charm!
Can't thank you enough! I cleaned my stove top and clogged the pin holes on both left burners. Thanks to YOU it was a simple fix. Woohoo! 🙌
Thank you so much! We've concluded that our burner has a "dirty hole"😝 what great info!
Thank you! That was an easy fix. Really appreciate you helping me avoid a costly repairman fee over a little, clogged pin-hole! Have a great day!
Thank you so much. Thought I was going to have to call the gas engineers and after following your video, my gas hob now works perfectly. So grateful
Short, sweet and very clear! Thanks for the helpful info for all us dads out here.
Thanks for this great video! I was able to finally get one burner to finally light again after at least 10+ years. It was the actual burner itself because no matter which side it was flipped on, it didn't light. I cleaned the little holes with a toothpick and bam, she works again! Thanks again! :)
Your video helped me fix my problem. The little pilot hole that feeds the igniter was blocked so it wouldn't light. Used a toothpick to clean the hole and it worked :)
Hey Bill... Great video... Saved me a bunch of time tearing the stove apart when it was a simple fix... One of your examples was spot on... A wire brush and quick vacuum was all that was needed... Thank you, Slowhand
Bill you rock! My back burner did
Not want to light up. My wife wanted to just call a tech or replace the whole thing?! Glad I came across your video; all it was a clogged hole where the gas runs up. Thanks for making a helping person feel awesome.Thanks for the help!
Thank you for the tutorial, I was able to fix my stove without paying someone to do it for me, I appreciate your video.
Feels good dosen't it. 😊
Thank you for this message its really great information my mom is having trouble with her stove.
Wow
first time moving into my own house, and the tenant left behind a gas stove. i’ve always used electric stoves, minus my grandmas, but i had NO idea how to work it. this video literally saved me from buying an entire new stove. THANK YOU!! your advice is still reaching people 💜💜💜
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! In less than 10 minutes, your video showed me how to fix our clogged burner an hour before my house inspection! No problems, no cursing from me. Thank you!
you are awesome! thank you so much for posting this!
you sir are my hero. (cleaned the whole)
Thank you so much for sharing this!! I cleaned my stove with an SOS pad and the blue gunk got stuck in the hole. Just used a toothpick and now it works again!! Thank you!!!
Bill, you are one of the people that make this world a better place. Our problem was a clogged pin hole near the spark. The clogged pin hole was not allowing a gas flow. This problem was covered in your video at about time 4:30 .
Thank you !
thanks man! made fried chicken last night and the grease blocked the gas flow through the hole to the igniter. a toothpick and some patience costs a lot less than a repair guy.
Hole was clogged, thank you for the trouble shooting advice...
Thanks, Bill, great info as always. It's helpful that you cut to the chase in your analysis. Very helpful.
Thank you for your quite complete troubleshooting video. My stove, a very new Kenmore, had the last problem you describe in the video. A tiny bit small hole connects the gas chamber to the ignition sparks was clogged. With a small needle, guided by a mirror and a light, poking through, the clog was gone and the stove lights like a charm. Thank you again!
Omg. It actually worked!! Never thought youtube will solve my problem. @.@
Well, it did! lol Great Job!
ruth de guzman my stow baten not warking whot proble
may gesstav batan not muvment whot proble
ruth de guzman 😂
please do a vid on how to replace the modulators/wire you had in your hands...thanks.
yes i need to see this too
Thank you Bill, you saved me a handyman visit. The little hole feeding gas to the spark was blocked with gunk. After cleaning, works great!
Thanks for the great information Bill! We tried everything we could think of but didn't figure out the problem until we watched this.
I hear gas flow but there is no clicking from any ring and no spark on any ring. Is this fixable?
Would have been nice if he would have responded to the question
Same issue a year later. Anyone find any fixes?
Hey Bill. Question. having an issue with the ingiter. I have gas coming out cause I smell it. I see the igniter sparking but not lights up the gas. One thing I noticed. all other igniters spark goes up, on this one it goes to the side. Please advise.
The reason it is going to the side, is because spark didnot find the good ground on the CAP,. that is why it is sparking towards the base, the ground is transferred from the burner to the base via the SCREW THAT HOLD burner (in my model). ensure ground is properly moved from bottom of the burner to the cap.
@@sivucit Please explain your answer a little more? How would you properly move your ground from the bottom of the burner to the cap? My stove sparks to the side instead of straight up. Thanks
@@ThePatriotsBrother The screw that attach burner to the stove is the ground, make sure you replace the screw or tight the screw so the stove and burner is connected well to get the ground, once u get right ground, the spark goes up, reason spark goes side because it could not find the ground and bruner seeks ground to the stove which is on the side / bottom of the burner
@@sivucit thank you!
Wow, my front right big burner has been down for almost a year now and not knowing that this simple fix that you explained could do the trick for me. The little hole was blocked with heavy grease. I unclogged it and it is now working perfectly. Thank you so much my dude.
This made a lot of sense. I had some knobs that wouldn't click and some burners that wouldn't click, but there was no correlation between the two. Knowing that the knob circuitry is combined helped.
you didn't mention no clicks on any of the 4 burners. oven works
My exact issue
Mine too. Gas flows fine, but no clicks using any of the knobs. I even replaced the spark modulator
Huh, here a year later. Same issue. Anyone have fixes?
And another year…answers?
Let me know if you found an answer
What if none of strikers are not striking or making that striking noise
thats my problem, how did you solve
If none of them are not working, then there is no problem.
haha..wise-
ass!@@bigtimepimpin666
What was the fix? I'm having the same issue
Was the stove converted from natural gas to lp?
Thanks for Watching!
Hi, are you still around to answer questions?
Thank you for sharing this information! After checking my stove again, I realized the holes must be clogged! I cleaned them and everything works! Yay!
Thanks, but didn't address my problem. Burner lights, I can smell the gas, but burner doesn't lite up. All other burners are good. This did happen after a very light cleaning, as I had this problem once before and I needed the burner to dry out for about 15 hours. It has been 2 days and still no flame?
Nathaniel Swan
What if NONE of them click at any point?
Melody FPL Good question. All of mine click, but only sometimes. Sometimes none of them click but I’m just trying to figure out where the igniter unit is located so I can repair either a loose wiring harness or repair the igniter itself. I’m betting the replacement cost of an igniter is about 1/3 the cost of the entire stove/range. I refuse to be screwed over by someone or a group of people trying to make lots of money by sitting back and exploiting their ability to price parts 20 times what they cost in total to make, package and warehouse. Best wishes with your situation.
Thanks. Your tips helped me light my stove.
Bill. thank you for your informative and encouraging presentation! what I found on my range was that the burners had a corroded film (white) from a previous cleaning, preventing the spark for going up. Scraping with a common nail and sewing needle fixed this on three burners (which do not have a small hole in the back of the "U" shaped igniter. The last burner didn't work; it did not go together smoothly. I found that the burner assemblies have a slightly different size mounting pilot; the interference prevented the igniter from extending all the way into the burner---I had mixed up the parts during cleaning and re-assembly. I swapped burners and TA-DA!! All is well. Thanks again.
What if none of them are clicking or lighting at all? But it will light with a match.
John Ramey I would say your spark modulator is bad. Especially is none are clicking.
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John Ramey he said if there is a dirty whole on one of the burners a light will match.
Bill Newberry none of my burners light up or even click, you made reference to a spark modulator. Is that an easy diy also??? Can u explain pls, thank you very much
What if you have no click at all in all the burners. I see that is the one thing not covered and why I'm asking? Because that is my issue with out gas top. No click, no spark just a gas smell if left on. Which we don't leave on just saying.
What was the fix?
I have a new igniter
Thanks! this helped me tremendously. I thought I needed a spark module--no, it was the wiring harness ! You are awesome !
Thanks, Bill! I just got two non-lighting burners to work in about ten seconds after watching your video. Great instructional!
April Mendis Awesome! Thanks for Watching!
10 years old video and it's still doing it's job. Thank you.
Troubleshooting Tip #3 worked like a charm! Thank you so much!
This is exactly what I needed -- how to diagnose a burner not lighting. Saved me a ton of steps replacing parts.
I am so glad I found this video. My burner hasn't worked properly in a year. I was able to fix my issue in like 2 minutes after watching this video. Thanks so much!!
Bill Thank you SIR !!!...
The basic trouble shooting is spot on. I was dealing with one intermittent burner and all the rest worked. 50-50 chance burner switch or spark modulator. (coin toss)
Spent a fair amount of time cleaning up spills and igniter elements all to no avail. Gas orifice on the burner was clear.
Wiring harness switch was the culprit.
Was amazed at how much gunk was under the hood.
Thanks again !!!
Bill thank you so much for posting this. You are a rock star. Using your simple and to the point explanation, I found the issue in my ignitor. So helpful.
I learned today that the 4 of my burners weren’t broken just clogged! 🎉😮😮 9yrs later and your video is still helping! 1 of the 4 is shorted out! Thank you bill! Hope your doing well!
Awesome video Bill.. Helped me figure out my gas stove problem. Very concise and to the point. Thank you!
Thank you, Bill. Explained the troubleshooting well and helped me fix my issue in 30 seconds that I have been dealing with for months. I appreciate the upload!
***** Plugged hole will get you every time! Thanks for Watching!
THANK YOU! ITS FIXED! :) Can't tell you how happy I am about that! Simple as a plugged hole. And I almost called an expensive repairman!
Thank you for the tips! I had a spillover on my stove that left debris in that small hole you spoke about in the last segment. I cleaned it out and my stove was working again! Thank you so much!
A video created more than 6 years ago solved my problem. You sir have just earned another subscriber to your channel. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you Bill! I fixed mine after watching your troubleshooting tips. Mine had the spark but wasnt lighting up. The hole was blocked by a spill, which after cleaning started working. Thanks again!
Thanks Bill, this was very informative. The last thing you hit on might be the problem and I didn't know I can lift off the burners to check the holes for being clogged. Bless you.
Awesome crystal clear troubleshooting! I now know what my range's issue is. Many thanks!!!
Extremely helpful, very clear and useful video. Thank you so very much.
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THANKS BILL!!! The tiny hole had a little debris. Was driving me nuts... problem solved. BOOM! You da man.
Thanks Bill. Very good video. Answered my question without a bunch of hype an dramma.
I submerged the parts to clean them and when I put everything back, none of the top burners would start. Your video helped me understand the mechanics of the unit and when I tried again later, three of them fired right up. Thanks to you I know to clean that little hole for the gas on the 4th burner. Thank you for your time and effort Brother!
-Scott
Thank you so much for this video. Interesting, very useful and *now* the names of the parts can be associated with the actual parts.
Thank you Bill!!!! My front right burner was clicking and making the striking noise but would not ignite. I used a safety pin, opened it out and sent the pointy end down to unclog the gas hole. It worked like a charm and the burner ignites beautifully! Problem solved! I'm sure a technician would have charged a lot of money for such a simple fix.
Thanks Bill for the tips. Just clean my Kitchen Aid (Whirlpool) burner after a spill a few weeks ago, and the burner lights up like a champ.
Thanks, Bill. That little hole had been the issue all along. Glad to get my stove firing up right away again.
Just wanted to say thank you for providing a good troubleshooting tip that worked perfectly!
Awesome! Just a little grease clogging the hole. Thank you for your help!
thank u bill mine was also the 3rd problem..thx for taking the time to show us youtubers..ur awesome
Thank you, Bill, for this very educational video. Now I know why my burner will not light and what to do to fix it.
Thank you!! Those little holes weren't even lined up!! A small twist and the burner that hasn't worked since I moved in...lights up!!! You rock!
OMG, BILL!!!! Can't thank you enough for this!!!!! Have been trying all kinds of different search phrases to finally find someone that truly shares helpful insight for trouble shooting! I'll give it a go and see how it works out. thanks again! ~Norm
thanks so much! I was sure I needed a new igniter or something, but it was just that little hole was plugged up! even a guy like me can unplug a hole! you are my sunday hero!
OMG!! Thank you! My front burner has been clicking and the spark was unable to ignite the burner. A little cleaning with a dry toothbrush and it works now. No more lighting with match. Thank you, great informational video.
I followed your instructions, and fixed two burners on my gas stove! Thanks!
Yea! Problem solved! The holes on my burners are so tiny and obscure that I never would have found it without your help. Thanks for educating me!
Awesome Job!
Awesome Suggestions! Worked Like A Charm, THANKS!
Hi Bill,
Wanted to thank you for the video. My problem was also #3. Gas was working, igniter was sparking properly, and burner would light with a lighter, but not from the igniter. I didn't even realize there was a small separate chamber with a small hole in it next to the igniter. I used a toothpick and probed the small hole a few times and burner started right up. Great video. Thanks very much for taking the time to do it.
thank you so much Bill!
Your techniques are simple and they works! Thank You
THANK-YOU! A pin sorted out the blockage! Extremely grateful I want to give you a big hug!
Thanks!! My right front wasn't working so I tried that trick and it worked !
Bill, You have the only video that explained the right method to diagnose and repair the problem with my wire igniter harness. Problem fixed! Thank you!
Thanks for your helpful advice regarding the small hole (orifice) next to the ignitor. I ran a fine wire through the hole and opened it up. The burner now lights like a charm. Saved me a lot of time and money.
Thanks Bill. You saved me a repair bill. Appreciate your help.
Great post! Thanks so much for taking the time to post!
Hate living with family they always make the stove insanely greasy and now none of the burners were sparking but this video really helped a lot thank you
Thank you sir!!! Not only did I fix the issue with two of the burners on my stove, I learned something new and useful! It was as a easy as cleaning that tiny little orifice and both burners are working now.