The grill in question belongs to my ladyfriend; she moved a
couple months ago, and I suspect hadn't grilled since last fall
anyway. Went to light off her grill Monday, and wouldn't light.
Tank's about 1/4 full--her thought is that the grill won't light cos
the tank's not full enough. No smell or sound of gas when the tank
valve's open and the burner on.

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Any hints/suggestions? Not in the 'get something else' class,
please. The grill's not old at all and being a Weber should hold up
for a long time.
(we have an arrangement--she's Grill Girl and I'm BBQ Boy. But hard
for her to grill with no fire in the grill...*)

* The fire she lights in me doesn't help grilling much... g

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

Replace ignitor!!!

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message
...
The grill in question belongs to my ladyfriend; she moved a
couple months ago, and I suspect hadn't grilled since last fall
anyway. Went to light off her grill Monday, and wouldn't light.
Tank's about 1/4 full--her thought is that the grill won't light cos
the tank's not full enough. No smell or sound of gas when the tank
valve's open and the burner on.

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Any hints/suggestions? Not in the 'get something else' class,
please. The grill's not old at all and being a Weber should hold up
for a long time.
(we have an arrangement--she's Grill Girl and I'm BBQ Boy. But hard
for her to grill with no fire in the grill...*)

* The fire she lights in me doesn't help grilling much... g

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth
unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Possible. It may have turned away from the point of the arc and is not
sparking. Look to see if it is.

Since you do not smell gas, it is possible that the OPD valve got jostled in
transit if the tank was laid down. That would block the gas flow if it
stuck. Did you try the spare tank?

In article , Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Possible. It may have turned away from the point of the arc and is not
sparking. Look to see if it is.

Since you do not smell gas, it is possible that the OPD valve got jostled in
transit if the tank was laid down. That would block the gas flow if it
stuck. Did you try the spare tank?

Do the easy thing -- if the ignitor is questionable, try using a long
match (or a match held with a long pair of pliers).. Although, you should
hear gas if there is any coming out of the valve...

The grill in question belongs to my ladyfriend; she moved a
couple months ago, and I suspect hadn't grilled since last fall
anyway. Went to light off her grill Monday, and wouldn't light.
Tank's about 1/4 full--her thought is that the grill won't light cos
the tank's not full enough. No smell or sound of gas when the tank
valve's open and the burner on.

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Any hints/suggestions? Not in the 'get something else' class,
please. The grill's not old at all and being a Weber should hold up
for a long time.
(we have an arrangement--she's Grill Girl and I'm BBQ Boy. But hard
for her to grill with no fire in the grill...*)

* The fire she lights in me doesn't help grilling much... g

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth
unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

From the Weber people
http://www.weber.com/bbq/pub/support/gasfaq.aspx#light

Larry T



F

On Wed, 31 May 2006 21:28:03 GMT, "LT"
wrote:

From the Weber people
http://www.weber.com/bbq/pub/support/gasfaq.aspx#light

Yeah, read that on Monday. She had no matches nor any kind of
lighter, so we couldn't test. And we were in 'stay at home' mode.
Will check it out when next I get there.

Thanks, though--that's good info.
--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

On Tue, 30 May 2006 21:34:32 -0700, "Kent" wrote:

Replace ignitor!!!

Only if it's bad. Don't know yet if 'tis. Thanks, however.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

On Wed, 31 May 2006 10:36:31 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Possible. It may have turned away from the point of the arc and is not
sparking. Look to see if it is.

Will be doing that.

Since you do not smell gas, it is possible that the OPD valve got jostled in
transit if the tank was laid down. That would block the gas flow if it
stuck. Did you try the spare tank?

No, she hasn't got a spare. And the area she's now in seems to be
somewhat devoid of places which refill tanks. Exchanges, yes.

Thanks, Ed.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

On Wed, 31 May 2006 18:15:14 GMT, "Rick F." wrote:

Do the easy thing -- if the ignitor is questionable, try using a long
match (or a match held with a long pair of pliers).. Although, you should
hear gas if there is any coming out of the valve...

Yeah, next time I get to her place (she lives like 35 miles away,
unfortunately--and on the other side of the downtown Seattle
bottleneck), I'll take one of my longneck lighters with.

Thanks, Rick

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

No, she hasn't got a spare. And the area she's now in seems to be
somewhat devoid of places which refill tanks. Exchanges, yes.

Thanks, Ed.

I hate the exchange deal. Cost double what I pay for a refill ($9.00) Buy
her a spare. You'll appreciate it the first time you run out mid-steak.

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
.net...

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

No, she hasn't got a spare. And the area she's now in seems to be
somewhat devoid of places which refill tanks. Exchanges, yes.

Thanks, Ed.

I hate the exchange deal. Cost double what I pay for a refill ($9.00)
Buy her a spare. You'll appreciate it the first time you run out
mid-steak.
Always felt the same way Ed when there was that big a price spread--just
cost me(Central Wisc)almost 26bucks to have two tanks filled at local store,
stopped at the grocers on the way home--he was exchanging for
$14.50--considering it is ten miles to where the tanks were filled probabl;y
not much difference
Believe though with a little shopping can do better on tank fills! Too bad
wife gets so po'd when I take a 100lb'er from work and keep it on the
patio!!

Buzz'd

On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:36:31 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

No, she hasn't got a spare. And the area she's now in seems to be
somewhat devoid of places which refill tanks. Exchanges, yes.

Thanks, Ed.

I hate the exchange deal. Cost double what I pay for a refill ($9.00) Buy
her a spare. You'll appreciate it the first time you run out mid-steak.

I first have to buy ME a spare tank. At least here where I am, almost
every gas station does propane. But I know there's at least one
U-Haul outlet fairly near her; perhaps they do tank refills.

And I'm with you on the exchange deal.


--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
.net...

"Denny Wheeler" wrote in message

We didn't check the igniter, though it sounds okay--and she
had no trouble with the grill last time she used it. I'm wondering if
maybe the move loosened something(s).

Possible. It may have turned away from the point of the arc and is not
sparking. Look to see if it is.

Since you do not smell gas, it is possible that the OPD valve got jostled
in
transit if the tank was laid down. That would block the gas flow if it
stuck. Did you try the spare tank?



One other possibility as odd as it will sound...has happened to me twice.
Check the back of the OPD valve to make sure the air intake is not blocked.
2 times in the past year, Dirt Daubers (Wasps that build their nests out of
mud...for those unfamiliar with the critters) have built nests inside the
intake port and blocked it off. The result was a partial to complete loss of
flow of gas into the grill :-). I cleaned out the port and she now works
like a champ.

KW

On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 10:32:16 -0400, "KW"
keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet wrote:

One other possibility as odd as it will sound...has happened to me twice.
Check the back of the OPD valve to make sure the air intake is not blocked.
2 times in the past year, Dirt Daubers (Wasps that build their nests out of
mud...for those unfamiliar with the critters) have built nests inside the
intake port and blocked it off. The result was a partial to complete loss of
flow of gas into the grill :-). I cleaned out the port and she now works
like a champ

Hm. Now that's a thought. I doubt any mud daubers (that's what we
call 'em here) were around, but there could be something.

--
-denny-
"Do your thoughts call ahead or do they just arrive at your mouth unannounced?"

"It's come as you are, baby."

-over the hedge