ernie1
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Is your propane level low? If so, then the mercaptans in the propane will start to smell because it is more concentrated in the bottom of the tank. That's why both the pilot light and the burner produces an odor. Just refilling the propane tank will take care of the problem.
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enblethen
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I turn off the pilot to the oven to save fuel and make my feeble safety mind a little happier. This while we are traveling not when setup.
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joebedford
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enblethen wrote:Why are you leaving oven pilot on when not backing or broiling? I don't know what backing is but we leave it on because to light it, one of us has to get down on the floor and reach backwards with a lighter while holding the pilot knob pressed in.
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enblethen
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That should be BAKING!
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When we leave our oven pilot light lit for a few days, my wife can smell it. What she smells is not propane though, it is propane combustion byproducts. Get a propane detector and put it in there. They are very sensitive. If there is propane, it will tell you. Otherwise, it is probably combustion byproducts you smell.
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Roger10378
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Bobbo wrote:When we leave our oven pilot light lit for a few days, my wife can smell it. What she smells is not propane though, it is propane combustion byproducts. Get a propane detector and put it in there. They are very sensitive. If there is propane, it will tell you. Otherwise, it is probably combustion byproducts you smell.
My thought as well.
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Vintage465
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I had the same thing going on and it was a real small fuzz leak where the tube tightened into the pilot assembly. Tightened, smell gone.
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S Davis
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Get some soap bubbles and check your pilot tube, the nut at the pilot and at the gas valve. I have found lots of small leaks on pilot tubes over the years.
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2oldman
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fj12ryder wrote: We turn the pilot light on when we use the stove. It has a piezo-electric igniter so not a big deal. A piezo lights the pilot that then lights the stove?
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