No. Private deal. And I happen to like the old folks who sold me the place.:) They couldn't smell the leak, neither could I until the place was closed up empty for two weeks before I moved in. Coming into the place empty the gas smell was obvious, but you had to have a good nose. My dad couldn't smell it either.:)
Get a new friggin stove, why don't you? Yours is obviously defective and you seem to cheap to have it fixed properly.
You're a village idiot.
Plonk.
Irrelevant.
My question has been answered. A $200 replacement of the igniter is not going to resolve the leak. That is a separate issue. Most likely the valve in the oven, at least another $150. A new range from Sears is only $550. I'll buy a new one.
A used stove is $300 minus If you're going to be a tightwad, be consistant about it.
Another village idiot. Is this group have a competition?
There isn't a used gas range for sale within 150 miles of me. I checked. In fact only ONE place within 150 miles of me sells them at all, IF they get them.
It's my understanding that an igniter is something th at works after the gas valve is open -- ignites the gas.
Makes me wonder if one of the pilot lights has blown out. I'd suggest you look under the range drip pans, and also under the bottom pan of the oven.
I've got an old range and oven, sometimes one of the two pilots for the range blows out. I've got to lift the cooktop, and touch a match or lighter to it, to get it relit.
I'm not there to beep it, but that's my first guess. Gas smell is never a good thing -- needs to be fixed promply somehow. If it isn't a pilot out, might be a leaky connection some where. Then, you might consider calling an appliance guy who has a gas detector beeper to find the leak.
Let us know how it works out.
No pilots on this stove. All electric igniters.
I'm buying a new stove. I'm pretty sure it's the valve in the oven that is leaking. Even in the shop the igniter and the valve is about 300 bucks.
You can easily check for gas leaks in that stove by coating every connection with soapy water and watch for bubbles. Use a paint brush and start at the the shutoff valve, temporarily turning it on. Then go to each connection in turn, including the flex hose connectors, the regulator fittings, the burner valves, etc. It's easy and safe.
After all the wild advise you've been getting, you may simply find that you a a small gas leak in one of the fittings.
Doug
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