Lighting the oven

[DaveB]

Ok so here we are on our first trip. Things going great. UNTIL we want to make biscuts in the oven. How do you get the pilot to light? Burners work fine, but no gas to the oven pilot light. Am i missing a valve some where?

Its a coachman 19SQX with a suburban stove/oven.

[TURBS]

Originally Posted by DaveB

Ok so here we are on our first trip. Things going great. UNTIL we want to make biscuts in the oven. How do you get the pilot to light? Burners work fine, but no gas to the oven pilot light. Am i missing a valve some where?

Its a coachman 19SQX with a suburban stove/oven.

Are you holding in on oven knob while lighting?

I just lit mine for the first time and it took about 2 minutes before pilot stayed lit after releasing knob.

Did you have knob in pilot light position?
Ron

[dimurrrw]

Not sure about your stove but with many of them you have to turn the knob to "light" and hold it pushed in while lighting the pilot light with a long gas match. Keep the knob pushed in for maybe 20 seconds or so after it lights. Two people can do it more easily than one. A flashlight can be useful.

[Nigels]

It's real easy if you are a midget, with knee pads, a back brace, shaved forearms and head, a match at least a foot long, glow in the dark eyes and the patience of Job.

[dimurrrw]

And you have to do it all while standing on your head and rubbing your belly with the toes of you left foot.

[B47]

Originally Posted by f1100turbo

Are you holding in on oven knob while lighting?

I just lit mine for the first time and it took about 2 minutes before pilot stayed lit after releasing knob.

Did you have knob in pilot light position?

Ron

Yes - be sure to hold the knob in for a period of time before releasing - check your manual for the time.

[MilCop4523]

I used my manual to lite the pilot light so I wouldn't burn my arm hair. Guess I should have read it before and wrote down the time to hold the button in first. crap!

[B47]

Originally Posted by MilCop4523

I used my manual to lite the pilot light so I wouldn't burn my arm hair. Guess I should have read it before and wrote down the time to hold the button in first. crap!

No problem - failure to hold the knob in for lighting the oven is probably one of the most commons errors people make when trying to light their oven.

Hope it works for you.

[Terier]

Originally Posted by DaveB

Ok so here we are on our first trip. Things going great. UNTIL we want to make biscuts in the oven. How do you get the pilot to light? Burners work fine, but no gas to the oven pilot light. Am i missing a valve some where?

Its a coachman 19SQX with a suburban stove/oven.

It can take some practice to light the oven. As already mentioned you need to press and hold the knob in while lighting the pilot light. A flashlight can come in handy to make sure the lighter or match is in the right spot. Once I see a red bud I know it's lit but I still hold in the knob for about 30 seconds or more as needed. It not uncommon to have some trouble lighting the oven for the first use on each trip. Sometimes lighting a burner will help but I believe you had already did this.

[Barney1]

I find a barbecue light with an LED light built in is very helpful in lighting the oven. Like the one in the attached picture

[bikendan]

we use a BBQ lighter also.
we had lighting issues last week when camping.
had ran the stovetop burners long enough, we thought, to have got all the air in the propane lines out.
but, when we tried to light the pilot, it took a long time and we held the knob in for more than 40 seconds each time.
finally after 6 attempts, it finally lit and didn't have any more problems lighting it.
so, we need to let the pilot run longer, especially since this was the first lighting since last year.

[DaveB]

Thanks ya,ll. The misus is now a happy camper again. I will chalk this up to too many years of electric ranges. Right on the money, hold the dang button into light the pilot. Of yezh and the binder with all the distructions is 600 miles south at the house. Besides who really reads those things after all.


Thanks everyone for the help and humor.

[akcampr]

Glad you got the oven lit! On ours, couldn't light the oven because the knob would hit the front panel before going in far enough. I found a tip on line to pull the knob off and put something in the hole so it wouldn't go on the post as far. stuck a little piece of toothpick in there and it has been working fine for 3 years.

[Timex]

This may start a new thread but turn the oven down 50 degrees to cook if you are used to an electric oven.

[flamingo]

I can get the pilot light to light without any problem. My problem is getting it to remain lit after the oven heats to the set temp. Any ideas?

[beachcamper]

Our oven did the same thing. Pilot would burn fine main burner would light and oven would come up to temp. Then main burner would go out. When thermostat called for heat again pilot would blow out. Found pilot burner assembly was bad. A bunch were made with wrong size orifice hole. Got a new one from suburban. All works fine now.

[jeff64]

Originally Posted by beachcamper

Our oven did the same thing. Pilot would burn fine main burner would light and oven would come up to temp. Then main burner would go out. When thermostat called for heat again pilot would blow out. Found pilot burner assembly was bad. A bunch were made with wrong size orifice hole. Got a new one from suburban. All works fine now.

X2 on the symptom and fix

[wicked1]

Have not used the oven in either of my trailers although GF said this year we will as we have some big trips planned with other campers and since we are Italian she plans on using it to warm food, let the Camping begin, Yum


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