The oven in our Island Gypsy doesn’t was to light at all. The pilot flame is quite small ad I doesn’t seem to be heating the thermocouple, that sits beyond the flame about an inch. The Pilot lights easily, and stays lit during all of the testing.
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The upper arrow is where the flame comes out and the bottom arrow shows where the thermocouple is located. The flame is very small, like a tiny ball at the end of the tube where the gas comes out of.
If I hold a BBQ lighter on the thermocouple for about 1 minute, the oven burner does light. Once the lighter is removed, the burner flame shuts down after 10 seconds or so.
I think the pilot orifice may be blocked partially? Has anyone seen this before?
I would make a guess that the thermocouple could be bad but the flame is no where near to it, so it could be heated. A new thermocouple is not available anymore, so I hope that is not the problem.
Any thoughts on this issue?
Thanks in advance for any help.
View attachment 143990
The upper arrow is where the flame comes out and the bottom arrow shows where the thermocouple is located. The flame is very small, like a tiny ball at the end of the tube where the gas comes out of.
If I hold a BBQ lighter on the thermocouple for about 1 minute, the oven burner does light. Once the lighter is removed, the burner flame shuts down after 10 seconds or so.
I think the pilot orifice may be blocked partially? Has anyone seen this before?
I would make a guess that the thermocouple could be bad but the flame is no where near to it, so it could be heated. A new thermocouple is not available anymore, so I hope that is not the problem.
Any thoughts on this issue?
Thanks in advance for any help.