Gas Oven Heats Up Too Slowly

Oven/Range/Cooktop Repair
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The gas oven takes way too long to heat up. There is also a smell of gas at times when the oven is turned on. This just started happening recently.

The broiler appears to work fine. The burners work fine as well.

I removed the lower drawer and the cover panel behind it and located the Oven Valve. It appears that when the oven is on and I wiggle one of the electrical contacts on the Oven Valve I can hear more gas passing through the valve. Before purchasing the $100 part I want to be sure that this is the problem. Anyone experienced this and solved it successfully?

Thanks.

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Most likely the problem with your oven is a bad igniter, not the gas valve.
You can learn how the oven igniter works from the one of previous posts here: http://forum.appliancepartspros.com/oven-repair-including-ranges-cooktops/1897-oven-wont-lite.html

Gene.

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Gene,
Thank you. Your assessment was spot on. The igniter was bad - cracked as a matter of fact. I replaced it with the one for the Broiler to make sure and the oven works. I will now order an igniter.
Thanks again.