EASY FIX: Oven Heating Slowly or Not Heating

If your oven won’t prewarm as quickly as it used to, or the oven won’t heat up at all, the likely culprit is the ignitor. We’ll show you basic troubleshooting to see what the problem is and how to do this repair yourself!

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Our stove has served us well for over 2o years. Recently, it took longer and longer for the oven to reach temperature, and then one day, it simply wouldn’t work at all.

A technician told us it was likely the ignitor, and that parts and labor would cost around $425! We decided to see if we could do it ourselves. We’re glad we did! The part was under $100 from our friends at www.ereplacementparts.com.

Our stove is a Maytag brand, but we found that the ignitor for our unit fits MANY other brands and years of manufacture.

To ensure that our oven’s problem was indeed the igniter, we had to do a bit of process of elimination. First, was the stove/oven getting power? Yes - the display was active, and the light inside the oven could be turned off and on. Was there a problem with the power getting to the ignitor? Most ovens have two igniters and burner sets. One is under the floor of the main oven compartment, and the other is at the top and is used for broiling. We turned on the broiler, and shortly thereafter the igniter glowed, and the burner ignited.

By then, we had determined it was highly probable that the bottom igniter was faulty. After removing it after removing just a few fasteners, we could see that there was a burned-out spot in the igniter. That igniter was toast (pun intended)!

Using the procedure shown in this episode, we removed the igniter and replaced it with a new one. The problem was immediately solved.

Something that is important to know about the igniter is that it is more than just the ignition source for the gas that is being emitted from the burner tube. The igniter also controls the gas valve that supplies the burner tube. If there isn’t continuity through the igniter, and it doesn’t glow and create a current draw, the gas valve won’t open. This is to ensure that gas doesn’t flow into the oven cavity (and ultimately the living space) without being consumed by flame.

The particular part we ordered from www.ereplacementparts.com was #74007498 Gas Oven Igniter - Vertical Mount. The invoice had some other codes you may find to be helpful: SO-40146(3) SO-40222 SO-40566 SO-40597 Y.

Sure you can call a service tech, but it will cost you plenty, and this is a simple repair you can do yourself with just a few basic tools. You can do this!

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