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Default Gas hob repair advice sought

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One of the four controls on our (oldish, cheapish) gas hob has
stopped working. It's the style where you press down on the knob to allow
you to turn it away from the 'off' position. It's not allowing me to do this
(press down), and so I can't turn it on.


Was it getting stiff before (grease gunged up), or is this a
unexpected sudden failure (such as a mechanical part obstructing
movement, possibly internally)?

On ours I had to take it apart and grease the spindle. Careful
dismantling of the valve made it simple enough - used silicone grease,


You should be using gas cock grease. You can get it from BES, and
possibly from a local plumbers merchant.

IIRC, 'cos I had some around. It's not done it again and this was about
three years ago.

Before that, however, you could try pulling the spindle gently up and
down with some WD40 or similar on it to see if it'll come free.


After squirting WD-40 in, you really are committed to disassembly,
cleaning, and correctly regreasing, as WD-40 will wash out the grease
which forms part of the gas seal.

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