Carb manifold gasket

[CyberVet65]

When putting the engine together I installed the GTB metal manifold with the Teflon gaskets. The outer gaskets appears to be fine but the inner one is crushed an warped. I do believe it is too tight. But in order to fasten the carb it had to be torqued.


So, is this an issue? Do I need to replace the gasket? Can it cause a tuning issue? The how is the carb properly attached without messing up the gasket?


Thanks

 

[Guest]

If it gets squished you might have blocked the pulse port.

 

[CyberVet65]

I found the reason. The carb hardware is too long. It went into the gasket and tweaked it. Off to the hardware store to get a couple of bolts about 1/4 inch shorter. I have extra gaskets so repair is easy.

 

[Guest]

Good to hear you caught it. That could have caused an air leak leading to bigger problems.

I just cut a few mm off the end of the bolts on mine.

 

[CyberVet65]

Yep. Got out the hacksaw and all is now good. I had another gasket and made sure all those little holes lined up. All is good and tight. Getting ready to get the linkage installed.