How to light an Oil Aga Cooker
Looking for Lighting Instructions for Oil Aga Cookers? Just follow the steps below.
At Saltire Cookers, we refurbish traditional models of aga cookers, including oil, as well as gas and our popular electric models.
We also offer Electric Conversions for cheaper running costs, and refurbishments for existing cookers - we're busy boys!
If you need to Light your Oil Aga, we've got some easy-to-follow instructions here. You might need some fresh wicks, as well as clear flue-ways and a serviced burner with carbon build-up removed - but your aga engineer would do this during it's regular servicing appointment.
If your burner is HOT, do not relight it - it's very dangerous! Let it fully cool before trying to light again.
Some pre-lighting checks:
- A cool burner.
- Open valves from the tank to the burner.
- Fresh wicks.
- Electric plug switched on (if you have one).
- Clear flue-ways
- Only use commercial kerosene (BS2869: Class C2 suitable for vapourising burners).
Oil Aga Lighting Instructions:
1. Go to your Oil Control Valve (OCV) located on the side of your Aga Cooker. It can be on the left or the right hand side.
2. The "Reset Lever" is the metal lever sticking out of the back of the OCV. It slides up and down and will 'click' once engaged.
If you have the "BM" OCV (Oval in shape), make sure it's in the UP position.
If you have the "TOBY" OCV (Small, square-shaped), make sure it's in the DOWN position.
Top-View of the Oil Control Valves:
3. You might have a square Electric Box connected to the top of your OCV. This is for automatic oil control. Make sure this plug is turned on, and the Lever on top is switched to "Automatic" (slide to the right side).
4. Open your control door, and remove the inner burner door. Lift the inner door up and out, to remove it from its latches.
5. Wait 15 minutes for the oil to enter the burner chambers and saturate the wicks.
6. Identify the "lighting flap" on the perforated burner shell. It might slide open, or lift open like a flap, depending on the version. Open the flap and light the wick with a match - make sure you don't knock the burner shells as this will affect the burn.
7. Close the lighting flap and re-seat the inner burner door. Make sure it's secure.
8. Switch off the electric transformer plug.
9. After about 30 minutes, look through the viewing glass on the inner burner door and the flames should have settled to a nice blue colour.
10. Switch on the electric transformer plug to resume automatic control.
If your wicks don't light, check that your fire valve hasn't tripped due to any downdraught in the flue.
The fire valve is a circular device with a button and a metal wire entering the aga. It should be located on the oil line, next to your OCV.
Press the button down, to reset the fire valve. If it pops up again, you'll need to wait for the burner temperature to cool before trying again.
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