Hello, I am rebuilding the carbs on my 115hp. After pulling both carbs and peeling off the gaskets, I noticed a "chip" in the intake manifold where the lower carb mates to it. See pic. Is this something that I should be concerned with?
Id make sure that manifold and the carb surfaces were flat, put a smear of gasket cement just around the chip (both sides of the gasket ) , bolt the carb up and leave it for a day .
You could dress it up and use liquid metal to fill the void and dress it up flat but its not a high stress joint ,and the carb has 4 studs holding it on , one of which is proximal .
Just make a good job of fitting the carb and I think it will be fine .
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