FRIGIDAIRE LP Gas stove, #FGF368GMH, the customer says when she uses the oven, it makes a boom sound. The customer ran the LP tank empty and after filling the tank, the noise started. When I take the cover off the burner, it is sooted up. Watching the bake burner, when it lights, only the rear two inches of the burner lights. I inspected the bake burner for restrictions, but the ports are clear. The stove top burners work fine with proper blue flame with occasional yellow tip.
I checked the oven bake orifice, it is clear. I suspect some type of contaminate is restricting gas to the bake burner. I have never replaced a gas regulator or gas valve before. How can I prove it is one or the other? Is there some type of screen in either one of these that could become blocked? If so, is this something I can clean.Since the stove top burners operate fine, should I focus on the gas valve?
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- Guest asked 6 years ago
Hi. Do you think it could be a weak igniter? If it is taking longer than usual for the bake to ignite once the igniter comes on, it is probably the bake igniter. If there is an air shutter on the burner, make sure it is adjusted properly. There is no way to prove that the gas valve is faulty other than process of elimination. The valve can be tested electrically, but we know it is working. If gas pressure to the stove is good and the igniter is not weak then it really only leaves the gas valve. I think you are thinking correctly with the gas valve over the regulator with the cooktop burners working properly. There are not screens in any of the valves I have come across to clean out. I have attached some videos for you as well as the tech sheet for your unit.
- Brian, Ace Appliance answered 6 years ago
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