Hacksaw wrote in message ...

The model # is SF310PEAW0.
Our oven is on the fritz. For awhile it was
randomly turning on and off,

By itself? and without the oven being turned on??

now it just isn't working at all. Not sure if the
problem is with the ignition, the pilot or what.

Your model has a 'glow bar' ignitor so it has no "pilot".

The burners work, so it's getting gas there.

Oven burner or surface burners??

We took the front apart (under the burners)
and played around with the wires and got it
going again briefly, but that was short lived.

Here is what should happen on models that use a glow coil ignitor like
yours:

When the oven is turned on, the ignitor (by the oven burner) should
glow red. Power goes through the ignitor to the oven gas valve which
should then open to let gas into the oven burner in less than 1
minute. If the ignitor is hot enough, it will light the gas in the
oven burner.

What you'll need to observe is if the oven ignitor is glowing when the
oven is turned on.

If it is *not* glowing, it could be caused by an open oven ignitor or
oven gas valve (both of which should be able to be tested for
continuity to see) or a problem in the oven's control system or the
connecting wiring. BTW. Just because an oven ignitor has continuity
doesn't mean it good but if it has no continuity, it would definitely
be bad.

If the oven ignitor *is* glowing but the gas valve is not opening to
allow gas to flow through it or the gas is just not lighting, a bad
ignitor is the most likely (~75-85%) cause of the problem. You really
need an amp probe to determine if the oven valve or ignitor is the
cause. If you don't have one, the ignitor is a good bet.

You can see the ignitor used on your model at the following link:

http://ng.appliance411.com/data.php?rc=1255

Dan O.
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Appliance411.com
http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Whirlpool+gas+range

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