electrolux gas oven flame

[suffolklad]

hi all my father in law has had this gas oven for two years , fitted by pro gas firm . for a while now it doesnt seem to get very hot . actually i dont think it has ever beeen that hot .you turn it to gas mark 9 and after about an hour water hardly boils in it . the flame burms a high bluey and red and orange colour and after 4 hours with it on gas mark 9 it never goes down always high . we have been telling him to get gas firm out for ages but he says its nearly new it should be ok. so whats the problem ??????/ he is an elderly chap and recently had food poisening which was found to be from chicken , and as the oven doesnt seem to get hot could this be cause? how can a 2 year old gas oven not work properly ? what could be the cause of this?

 

[HarrogateGas]

Sounds like the oven door seal may be worn or it need a new FFD.

Are you sure flames increse?

Light up the oven and it will light on a low flame........observe and withing 15-30 seconds of it initially lighting you should see the flames increase in size. Does this happen?


To check the door seals put a piece of paper inside the oved door and pull it away. Wherever the paper is located it should be resliliant to be being pulled.

 

[suffolklad]

yes the flames increases from small to large flame but the colour is bluey orange red , and the oven doesnt seem to get very hot , and shouldnt the flame drop in size when gas mark 9 is reached? you have to have the oven at gas mark 9 for a good hour to get water to bubble in oven and i always though it boils at 100c gas mark 9 should be over 200 c. i think something is wrong .