Kitchen Gas Appliances - Gas valve occasionally leaks
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07-14-01, 01:08 PM
I have a G.E. gas stove Model# JGSP10GEK386. I occasionally smell gas & I believe the cause is the gas valve for the burner that is being used most often doesn't always completely close. Are there ways to clean this or should I replace. The stove is 10 yrs old. Where can I get replacement burners and a parts diagram for this stove?
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07-14-01, 09:35 PM
Hello and Welcome b11lb1g to the Do It Yourself Web Site and thanks for posting a question in my Gas Appliance forum.
The best source for orginal replacement parts is your local retail appliance parts store. You can locate the store in the phone book.
There are some top burner valves that can be regreased which solves the occasional gas leakage from the valve. Others cannot be successfully taken apart. Those types must be replaced with new valves.
The regreaseable type of valves {but not all} will have two tiny screws holding the valve core in place. This plate is located directly on top of the valve around the stem.
The valve behind the stove must be turned off first. Then the two tiny screws, on the valve retaining plate, can be removed. Then simply lift the core out of the valve by holding onto the stem.
Clean the core and the bore it fits into with a cloth only. Use no cleaner, soap or WD-40! Apply a lite weight grease {any type of automotive grease will do} sparingly to the core only.
Put the core back in exactly as you found it. Push it down to be sure it's seated. Reinstall the cover ring and install the two tiny screws. Tighten the screws in carefully.
The valve now should look exactly as it did prior to removal. Rotate the valve on and off several times to spread the grease around and your done with this part.
Turn on the gas valve behind the stove and soap test for leaks both where you installed the core [on top of the valve} and at the orifice where the back of the burner sits on.
Regards & Good Luck
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Tom_Bartco
Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.
Please be advised that although I have spent 18 years in the service industry, I have been in the office working for the last several years. Some diagnostic information provided is exclusively from memory....:)
The best source for orginal replacement parts is your local retail appliance parts store. You can locate the store in the phone book.
There are some top burner valves that can be regreased which solves the occasional gas leakage from the valve. Others cannot be successfully taken apart. Those types must be replaced with new valves.
The regreaseable type of valves {but not all} will have two tiny screws holding the valve core in place. This plate is located directly on top of the valve around the stem.
The valve behind the stove must be turned off first. Then the two tiny screws, on the valve retaining plate, can be removed. Then simply lift the core out of the valve by holding onto the stem.
Clean the core and the bore it fits into with a cloth only. Use no cleaner, soap or WD-40! Apply a lite weight grease {any type of automotive grease will do} sparingly to the core only.
Put the core back in exactly as you found it. Push it down to be sure it's seated. Reinstall the cover ring and install the two tiny screws. Tighten the screws in carefully.
The valve now should look exactly as it did prior to removal. Rotate the valve on and off several times to spread the grease around and your done with this part.
Turn on the gas valve behind the stove and soap test for leaks both where you installed the core [on top of the valve} and at the orifice where the back of the burner sits on.
Regards & Good Luck
Forum Moderator
Tom_Bartco
Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.
Please be advised that although I have spent 18 years in the service industry, I have been in the office working for the last several years. Some diagnostic information provided is exclusively from memory....:)