Holley Float Bowl Gaskets

Locomotion said
I've used the Holley blue gaskets and reused them many times with jet changes.

I did have an issue a while back where the initial installation was fine but subsequent re-used caused a leak, apparently after the gasket was initially compressed. Something in, on or around the carb was keeping the bowl from fully seating but the new gasket was thick enough initially to keep it from leaking. I just don't remember what it was!

Is your problem only with one bowl or both? Mine was rear only.

Not to use it as a permanent "fix" but to see what happens.....try 2 gaskets

It's with both. I think I know what the issue is, I just need to address it. For some stupid reason, the bowls are cast with a "ridge" right in the center of the gasket space, all the way around the float bowl. Makes zero sense. So when the bowls are tightened down, that ridge cuts the gasket. I need to lean out the IFRs front and rear anyway so when I get those, I'll dress the gasket area with a dremel and report back. That should take care of it, but I cannot figure out why in the world they would be cast like that in the first place.