Posted: 7/22/2013 4:04:46 PM EDT
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Have a 4 burner gas grill, plus a side burner, that I've had for a few years. Worked fine up until recently when it wouldn't light. I started to switch tanks but when I pulled the tank off, it was still heavy and obviously not empty. I reconnected it and it lit right up. It's now done it abt every other time for the last 2 weeks. Yesterday, it wouldn't light, unplugged/replugged in the tank, still no light. Switched tanks, no fire. I jiggled hoses, Checked all the connections and nothing. Abt 3 hours later, I turned the gas tank on and it fires up the first time....
It's not the igniter as I can see plenty of sparks for all 4 burners. I can smell gas and have used multiple tanks so that's not it. When it won't light, none of the burners light. Including the side burner. So it's good at the tank, then It goes through the Y connection to the main and side burners. Any ideas? If the line is clogged, then why only part of the time? Bad y connection? |
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Tank first. To turn off the burners first? Is the tank regulator the y shaped connector? Regulator is like a round disk. And always turn the burners off first, then the tank. The regulators have a sort of "fuse" that will shut off/reduce gas flow if too much is flowing. So let's say you shut the tank off but the burners are still on. You walk away and the next time you fire up the grill you open the tank up, regulator thinks there is a burst hose (too much fuel flow) and shuts off the gas. Edit: the regulator can be "reset" by unhooking the gas, waiting a few minutes, reconnecting, turning on the tank and then restarting (with the burner valves closed and then opened one at a time) |
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Quoted: Regulator is like a round disk. And always turn the burners off first, then the tank. The regulators have a sort of "fuse" that will shut off/reduce gas flow if too much is flowing. So let's say you shut the tank off but the burners are still on. You walk away and the next time you fire up the grill you open the tank up, regulator thinks there is a burst hose (too much fuel flow) and shuts off the gas. Edit: the regulator can be "reset" by unhooking the gas, waiting a few minutes, reconnecting, turning on the tank and then restarting (with the burner valves closed and then opened one at a time) Quoted: Quoted: Tank first. To turn off the burners first? Is the tank regulator the y shaped connector? Regulator is like a round disk. And always turn the burners off first, then the tank. The regulators have a sort of "fuse" that will shut off/reduce gas flow if too much is flowing. So let's say you shut the tank off but the burners are still on. You walk away and the next time you fire up the grill you open the tank up, regulator thinks there is a burst hose (too much fuel flow) and shuts off the gas. Edit: the regulator can be "reset" by unhooking the gas, waiting a few minutes, reconnecting, turning on the tank and then restarting (with the burner valves closed and then opened one at a time) |