Gas Stove Pilot Light Keeps Going Out

You can try to turn off the gas or maybe your appliance runs out of propane.

Gas stove pilot light keeps going out.

This in turn makes the gas valve shut off. Old magic chef gas range. In either case you will need to turn it back on. When pilot light goes out usually the cause is something you can solve easily.

The pilot went from going out while the oven was in use and being difficult to relight to now simply not relighting. The flow of gas that keeps the pilot light going is switched off. Hold it down for at least 30 seconds in order for the thermocouple to get warmed up. If something is obstructing the flue the pilot light can go out as the burnt gas has no way of escaping.

There are really only two ways a pilot light could be turned off. Tyler z home appliance technician replied 6 years ago. The flame lifts away from the thermocouple and causes the temperature on the tip of the thermocouple to drop. Tundra team.

If you get dust in the pilot assembly and the pilot needs to be cleaned out it produces a lazy flame which will be disturbed by the draught of the main burners. Ask your own appliance question. The gases will build up and extinguish the flame. The burners above the oven work just fine.

Old magic chef gas range. Sometimes a pilot light goes out so you do not need to worry when your gas fireplace shuts off and pilot goes out. Does it sound like a thermocouple issue. Oven pilot light keeps going out old magic chef gas range.

September 4 2015 at 3 40 pm. Another possible reason may be that there is a back draft down the flue which could also cause the pilot light to be blown out. If not you can buy a cap to screw onto the gas line. You spill water liquid on the light and the liquid floods over the pilot light.

Tyler z home appliance technician. Turn on a gas fireplace with a key. Hi brian from your description we re thinking the thermocouple would be the most likely culprit. The thermocouple also contains wiring that goes to the gas valve and makes electricity to light the pilot.

If it s the burners on the top of the stove hopefully there will be a shutoff for the pilot light in the gas line going to the pilot light.