My mom’s oven has been behaving eratically, sometimes not coming up to temp and now it will not light up. There is a slight smell of gas.
When I turn the oven on and look below I see a bright orange/yellow glow from the ignitor but the burner does not light.
I do not smell the gas, my wife does. It seems that maybe the gas control valve is not opening all the way. On older equip I would suspect the thermocouple but there does not seem to be such a thing anymore. Since the ignitor seems to work what seems likely at fault? If the thermostat is shot it could be cutting the gas off, no? If the control valve is bad it could be the problem.
What is a good systematic troubleshooting procedure I can use to isolate the issue?
Thanks