Igniter on grill keeps clicking.

amistupid

I've got a 9 year old, Stoves 700GDO, gas double oven and grill. For a while, when using the grill, the igniter would spark but wouldn't light the gas so I've been lighting it manually and when it was alight the igniter would stop clicking. Now, however, even when the grill has been lit manually the igniter keeps sparking continually until I turn the grill off.

Any suggestions to try and fix it.

Thanks.

firefox1956

No being rude but it sounds like everythings wants a very good clean.

Head_The_Ball

Presumably the oven is connected to the electricity supply.

If the only reason for that is to power the igniter then you could switch off the electricity supply to the oven. Or remove a battery if it isn't mains powered.

But first check that it doesn't require electric power for any safety device or for any other reason.

Then give it a good clean if it needs it.

amistupid

firefox1956 wrote: »

No being rude but it sounds like everythings wants a very good clean.

I do grill a lot of meat, that spits fat all over the place.Tomorrow I'll unplug the cooker and clean the igniter with some acetone. See if that does the trick and report back..

rosie383

I have the same problem with the second hand cooker we bought recently. I took all of the knobs off and cleaned off all of the thick layer of crud underneath which really helped.
Now it is only one of the knobs that causes the problem. I can hit it with the heel of my hand and it will eventually stop. Mind you, apart from cleaning, an easy solution is to turn the cooker off at the socket once the gas is lit. I only have a problem if I need to use the oven or grill as its a dual fuel cooker so need to keep the electric on sometimes.

Le_Kirk

Have a look at the grill and see if there is an ignition probe at one end and a similar looking device at the other end, which will be the flame detector. Once the gas is lit and the flame detector detects the flame, the ignition probe will/should stop firing (clicking). Depending on age of cooker, the grill could use the ignition probe as the flame probe. Could be that the probe needs replacing or resetting.

amistupid

Cleaned up the igniter, and twisted it slightly, now works fine! I think I must have accidentally knocked it out of place with the grill pan so it was not in line with the gas flow. Thanks for your help everyone.

Le_Kirk

Glad you got it sorted.