Repair stories from PartSelect's customers - like you. We give all our customers a chance to help out others by sharing the story of their appliance repair. You can find useful tips as well as estimates of the difficulty of the repair and how long it will take, along with any tools you may require to complete your repair.
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Oven not working but broiler was working fine.
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Overall Rating:
Very Helpful
Rated By:
9 Customers
Posted By:
mark From macomb, MI
Posted:
7/2/2007 1:09:28 PM
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Appliance Repaired:
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Magic Chef
Range/Stove/Oven/Hood
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Age Of Appliance:
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5 - 10 years
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Checked lower oven burner for a problem. Oven Ignitor looked like it was glowing and working properly but the gas valve would not open to let the gas flow to burner. I had read on a forum that just because the oven ignitor looks good does not mean it is creating the proper resistance to open the gas valve. So I took my chances and replaced the ignitor (because it was cheaper than the gas valve) and now the oven works like new.
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A Bit Difficult |
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15 - 30 mins |
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Parts Used in this Repair
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Oven Igniter (flat style) (Now subbed to Oven Igniter (flat style))
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The part 'Oven Igniter (flat style)' that mark From macomb, MI used in this story is now subbed to part Oven Igniter (flat style) This flat style gas oven igniter has ceramic housing and comes with a connector. The igniter body is just over three inches in length. Be very careful to not touch the black element part of this igniter as it is very fragile.
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