Shut the oven once you are sure the pilot light is staying lit.
Pilot light gas wall oven.
Ovens in older homes often employ a small flame in their base called a pilot light.
Before you light it turn on the two back burners on the stove to bleed air from the gas line.
Others require you to press the knob to start the gas.
Open the oven and expose the pilot and burner assembly by removing the cover plate and flame spreader if there is one.
Turn on the gas at the feed line s main valve.
Open the oven door removing the racks if necessary for easy access to the pilot.
This may require the help of another person.
The oven knobs on some stoves have a specific position for lighting the pilot.
When you turn these ovens on you feed more gas to the flame which.
Some pilots burn constantly at a low level.
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.
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.