Neptune 2000 cooker question

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One of the burners is now so rusted that it burns yellow and only in parts of the ring.

How easy is it to take apart; and will they supply an amateur with spare parts?

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M
 
I found that the ring of holes had a lining of rust and running a drill through them to clear them out made a big difference. I think I used 3mm
 
I too have a Neptune 2000. It was in the boat when I bought her and appeared to have had very little use. The rings work OK, my problem is with the grill: it only grills in a narrow strip directly under the burner, Is this a known failing of this type of cooker or can it be fixed? If so how?
 
Next question: the grub screw is seized, presumably from heat. I've tried penetrating oil but I'm scared of breaking the hex key. Would a go with a blow torch be a good idea?
 
I too have a Neptune 2000. It was in the boat when I bought her and appeared to have had very little use. The rings work OK, my problem is with the grill: it only grills in a narrow strip directly under the burner, Is this a known failing of this type of cooker or can it be fixed? If so how?
Light the grill and after a few seconds look under it; are both sides of the central burner strip alight and are both sides of the metal mesh glowing red hot? Sometimes only one side of the central strip is burning (and therefore the other side is emitting unburnt gas). Don't look too closely if there is unburnt gas in the grill compartment that suddenly catches alight; don't ask me how I know.
 
Next question: the grub screw is seized, presumably from heat. I've tried penetrating oil but I'm scared of breaking the hex key. Would a go with a blow torch be a good idea?
I think this is a known fault, with dissimilar metals, a lot of heat, moisture from boiling over etc. I had to drill mine out and replace with a self-tapping screw. Unfortunately, penetrating oil applied at the top doesn't get down to where the grub screw goes into the base plate.
 
I think this is a known fault, with dissimilar metals, a lot of heat, moisture from boiling over etc. I had to drill mine out and replace with a self-tapping screw. Unfortunately, penetrating oil applied at the top doesn't get down to where the grub screw goes into the base plate.

After a struggle undoing the grub screws, I never retightened them, burners just stay in place with gravity and lift off for cleaning.
 
Norfolk Marine are the distributors for spares and technical information. Very helpful.
Second Norfolk Marine. Our cooker, only a couple of years old started smoky flame on one burner. I contacted NM and they sent me a new jet for each ring, I had purchased the cooker from them new and they were FOC. The burner rings can get a bit dirty and regular brushing helps, but in our case it was the jet at fault. Worth taking the rings off regularly to stop the screw seizing up.
 
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