Ovens in older homes often employ a small flame in their base called a pilot light.
Pilot light gas wall oven.
Open the oven door removing the racks if necessary for easy access to the pilot.
Some pilots burn constantly at a low level.
This may require the help of another person.
If you have tried this process several times and still can t light your gas oven there may be a problem with the pilot light and you should call a professional to come take a look at it.
Before you light it turn on the two back burners on the stove to bleed air from the gas line.
If the oven has a pilot light you will see a gas tube that may or may not.
Push in the oven control while you hold a lighter in front of the pilot orifice.
Shut the oven once you are sure the pilot light is staying lit.
The oven knobs on some stoves have a specific position for lighting the pilot.
Turn on the gas at the feed line s main valve.
The pilot orifice is at the end of a small tube just above the oven burners.
Others require you to press the knob to start the gas.
The pilot light is a small gas light meant to burn continuously in order to light a larger burner when needed but it may go out if a draft extinguishes the light its valve is dirty or the.