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January 28, 2018 at 5:10 pm
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First thing is flashback only happens with 4 cycle engines, so that is not a concern. As far as the gasket goes, there are several methods you can use with it.
1. Soak the gasket in water for a few days to swell it up. Then dry it and put a small amount of non-hardening gasket cement, like Permatex #2 on it.
2. Make a new gasket without the wire screen and us it instead. I have a couple of old outboards without the screen and it works just fine.