30 Aug 21

Replacing Oven burners in a Viking Stove

I have an old Viking Stove that would not go above 250 F. Upon removing the grates, and bottom plate of the oven, it was clear that one of burners was faulty. Also, the igniters themselves seemed to be burning very low. (I only realized this after the fix)

Parts

I decided to replace the burners, as well as the igniters, with parts from Amazon


PB040001 Range Oven Igniter (Replaces 792263)

Accessing the Burners and the Igniter

In order to access the oven burner and igniter, you need to remove both the bottom plate inside the oven, as well as the exterior base plate at the bottom of the stove. You will need, a flexible or angled bit driver in order to access the screws of the base plate.

Once, the base plate is removed, you will need to remove the two L shaped brackets that hold the burners in place. Without the L bracket the burner will rest on the bottom of the opening (see pic below). 

You will then need to use a pair of needle nose pliers to disconnect the two wires from the igniters that connects into the gas safety valve.

The igniters are attached to the burners with two screws each. This will be relevant later...

Replacing the Burners

The burner and igniter pair on the left side can be removed quite easily by

  • first sliding the burner to the left so as to disconnect it from the gas pipe and,
  • then, sliding it out through the opening

The burner on the right side has a gas pipe partially obstructing the opening (pic below)

The first step here would be to detach the igniter from the burner by unscrewing the two screws that hold it to the burner. You may need a flexible or angled driver to do this. It may be likely that the screws that holds the igniter to the burner are fused. This can happen due to the high heat of the oven over time. A good amount of torque should be able to loosen this

Next, disconnect the burner from the gas pipe by sliding the burner slightly to the left, and then sliding it outwards throw the narrow clearance.

In case the igniter screws don't loosen - 

  • First move the burner outward about an inch. This will let the back part of the burner clear the slit holding it in place at the back of the oven. 
  • Then turn the burner about 45 - 90 degrees counter clockwise, and remove the burner by sliding the burner inward toward the back of the oven, while angling it upward.

Installation

Installing the new burner and igniter is a matter of reversing the above instructions. 

I should mention here that you should ensure that the back end of the burners are securely sitting in the slit holders towards the back wall of the oven.

Success !

After installing the new parts, the Oven was able to reach 500 deg F in about 5-7 minutes. From the pic below, you can see the burners are burning a lot higher than they used to. Also, the igniters are much brighter.



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