No flame in my Webber 200


 
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NHefner

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Hey All,

I've read some posts about how some of you have been having low to no flame in their Q200. So I tried to start mine on Tuesday and had a very low flame (which has happened before). I cleaned the burner tube with a ss brush then I poked the holes with a paper clip. This has always worked for me in times prior. Then I tried the opening my LP very slow and letting the pressure build before I turn on the grill, still nothing. I tried again yesterday and no flame at all, then I took the hose off the cylinder and Q and noticed it had liquid inside the threads of the tank side? I tried to start the Q last night and now I get no flame at all. I tried using the small throw cylinders as well and no flame. Any suggestions? I bought this grill about 1.5-2 years ago so it's not that old.... thanks for your help!
 
If it does not work with a small tank than the hose and 20lb tank are not to blame. I will lay odds it's a bad regulator
 
LMichaels said:
If it does not work with a small tank than the hose and 20lb tank are not to blame. I will lay odds it's a bad regulator
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I'm going to try to clean out the regulator today...weird because I had a low flame a couple days ago and now no flame.
 
yea, either something gummed it up or the holes are plugged or its a bad regulator. not sure what else unless ya got a big bug or something in the burner tube.
 
You really cannot clean it. It seems these regulators go bad for some reason. I tell you a trick I did. All propane grills operate on the same pressure. So when the one on the Q220 I gave my daughter went bad here is what I did. Her grill came on that large cart (like the Q300 series). She never intends to use it otherwise and it is always fed by a 20lb bottle. So I unscrewed the regulator from the valve (it is 1/8" NPT) BTW. I found a requisite brass nipple and was able to use a regulator from an old Genesis I had (with the same 1/8" NPT thread) and screwed it in. (actually it is a hose with the regulator on the end). So now the regulator is down near the tank and it is set up as a permanent 20 lb tank fed grill on a cart. Like I said it cannot take the small cyls anymore but she does not care and it saved her $35 for a new one. The grill operates just as before. Same flame and temps just cannot run it off the cart.
 
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