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Atwood Oven Problem
Yahoo Message Number: 145099
Down to the last day before going on the road for a month in our 2004 2605 MB and discovered that the oven pilot will not light.  No gas flow at all even with oven temp control turned up.  All three cooktop burners work fine.  Have to leave without the oven operational and hope to find a fix. The range manual is useless with respect to troubleshooting.  May have to resort to finding an RV service center on the road.

Unit Info:  Atwood LP Gas Range & Slide-In Cooktops, Model RV1733BGP.

Thanks in advance for any info anyone may provide on this.

JBI
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145100
Since you have not said what you have done lets start with the basics.
Open over door. Have a match or lighter. Turn the oven nobe to the pilot posision and push in on the over nobe.
You can see the pilot light in the rear of the oven. Light the pilot while holding the nobe in. When the polit lights hold the nob in for about 10 seconds. Relese nob. Oven should now be working. To use the oven turn the nobe to a heat setting. Once the pilot is lit it will stay lit until you turn the nobe to off. Do not turn nobe to off unless you want to light the oven pilot again. Do not use the oven for storage once the pilot is lit.
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145101
The pilot not lighting could be a result of low LP pressure, a bad thermocouple, or a bad safety valve.  Taking the rig to a competent repair shop would be the best option, IMO.
As ever, YMMV.
Joan
2003 TK has a new home
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145102
My MH is not hear at the house. But as I recall the tube for the pilot light comes off of the control valve. Take the tube off of the control and see if you have gas there. If you do then there is a blokage in the tube. Take an air compressor and blow the tube out from the control side. If that does not work hold the air chuck back a little and blow air into the opening of the valve.
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145103
Low pressure you should see in the stove flame or problem in other applance.
Bad thermocouple should allow you to light the pilot but it will not stay on after you release the nobe.
Bad safety more like it.
Have you been using the oven in the past. It may be that the valve is just stuck and will not relese. Try putting the nob in off then turn and pressing the nob, relese and then going into oven setting. do this 10 or 12 times and you may get the control to start working again.
 The high limit control on my home boiler is some what the same and it would not allow the temp to go above 130. I turned the nob setting several times and it went back to working. That was 6 weeks ago and it has not stopped working since.
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #5 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145109
I know the routine to light the pilot and engage the burner.  Have done it many times but, this time it does not work.  I inserted a pipe cleaner into the pilot orfice in an attempt to clear any blockage.  No change, still no gas flow.  By the way this problem happened the first time I tried to light it after having the propane tank topped off.  Again, no problems with cooktop burners, water heater or furnace.
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #6 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145110
Thanks.  I now suspect a bad thermocouple.  Headed out on a trip and will look for service facility as we travel.
 
Re: Atwood Oven Problem
Reply #7 –
Yahoo Message Number: 145111
Not being able to get the pilot light going seems to be a frequent problem.  A lot of the time it can be corrected by cleaning the small line that feeds propane to the pilot.  The line is tiny and it gets clogged with dirt in the propane.  If there is a filter some place it is not very effective.  I have not done the job myself but had it done twice by RV shops and watched the tech do it.  Inside the oven you must reach way to the back.  There is a place where there is a "union-type" joint in the gas line that can be taken apart.  You need a very small wrench, probably metric.  You can tell when the pilot line is getting clogged as the pilot flame gets smaller over a period of time until finally it won't light any more.
 I discovered that I could get our Atwood oven running even though the pilot light would not work correctly.  I used a large "magic match" (lighter) that had a decent flame and that would stay lit.  I just held the flame on the thermocouple for a minute and then slowly opened the main gas control on the oven.  The main burner leaped into action.

Doug Baker