when I last used my oven, the whole cooker was very hot to touch even the knobs to turn it off was hot, then when I used it last night, the oven would not fire up, so now I cant use it, this is the second cooker that has done this this year, do you think to much gas is coming in and getting to hot that it is burning the thermastat out, or what, I find it to much of a coincedence that two cookers should fail to work in the same place, unless something is causing it, what do you think.
Was this second cooker a replacement under the manufactures guarantee, or is it just another second hand one ? If its a u/g replacement get back onto the suppliers. Ovens have a flame failure valve that go quite often this will prevent the oven flame from going onto full power. If the knobs are getting hot then the door is not closing properly. Put a strip of stiffish paper in the top of the door and close, if you can move it easily then the seal is damaged or the door catch needs adjusting, repeat on sides.
If you suspect the gas supply pressure then this will be evident by the size of the flame on the hob burners, if so contact Transco or your gas supplier. Other than that get a CORGI reg fitter to look at it ( he must be registered for gas cookers)
