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Crossover or carryover will not light the next burner

Left burner lights, middle stays dark: crossover too short, ports clogged, or a carryover not seated. Fix the bridge before replacing every tube.

easy PT40M Updated 2026-09-04

Clean versus clogged burner ports Left tube shows even open ports and a blue flame sketch. Right tube shows grease-clogged ports and a yellow uneven flame. BURNER TUBE · PORTS CLEAN Even blue cones. Every port open. CLOGGED Grease in the holes. Yellow, lift, dead spots. Ream with a bit smaller than the port. Do not drill oversized. Brass brush the row. Keep liquid out of the venturi / inlet. If the tube wall is lace under the ports, replace the set — do not patch holes.
Fig. — Burner tube: clean ports (left) versus clogged ports (right).
Top-down gas firebox layers Cooking grates on top, inverted-V flavorizer bars over the burner tubes, electrode at the left tube. TOP DOWN · GAS FIREBOX 1 cooking grates 2 flavorizer bars 3 burner tubes + ports 4 electrode (left tube) LAYERS (top → bottom) 1 Grates — food sits here 2 Flavorizer / heat tents 3 Burner tubes + ports 4 Electrode at left port Lift grates, then tents, to reach tubes. Gas off.
Fig. — Firebox, top down: grates, flavorizer bars, burner tubes, electrode.

Weber crossovers and Char-Broil/Nexgrill carryover “bridges” light adjacent mains. A 210 crossover on a 310, or a carryover left collapsed, leaves a dark burner even with a good valve.

Procedure

  1. Light the first burner. Watch whether flame jumps the bridge.
  2. Cold. Inspect crossover/carryover seating on each tube.
  3. Clean ports on the bridge and the first inch of each main — ports.
  4. Confirm you installed the correct length crossover for burner count.
  5. Adjustable carryovers: extend until they actually touch both tubes.
  6. Bent crossover: replace with the model-correct part.
  7. Spirit examples: Spirit II E-310 tubes.
  8. Still dark with bridge glowing: that main tube or valve.

FAQ

Is this the igniter?

If the first burner lights from spark and the second never catches, it is usually gas bridging — not the electrode on burner two (unless you are trying to spark #2 alone).

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