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Q: After self-cleaning the oven (GE Gas Profile) last night, today it will not heat on bake, roast, or convection. It will, however, broil. I tried resetting the breaker, but no change. Any suggestions?
It's clean, but does it still cook? (Photo: Flickr/BoneDaddy.P7)
A: It sounds like your oven igniter below the floor inside your oven is just starting to fail and needs to be ordered and replaced. Oven igniters last about 6-8 years under normal use before they tend to start failing. They need to draw at least 3.2 amps or else they won’t open the gas valve correctly, and this will either crack the valve open, or open and shut the valve several times when it should just be holding open.
During self-clean, the igniters will get really hot, which can cause them to crack or change resistance. This is commonly why they fail during self-clean. It doesn’t matter if the igniter is glowing or not; just because it glows doesn’t mean the igniter is drawing enough power to open the safety valve. The igniter is only about a $50 part, and you can replace it yourself if you want to remove the racks inside oven and then remove the floor to access it. Otherwise it will cost about $150-175 to call someone and replace it for you.
– Answer from Tyler M., appliance expert on JustAnswer.
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