Fuel Leak all over intake manifold

take the 1920 bowl of and run it across some 150 grit sandpaper on a piece of glass (flat). Keep rubbing until you see fresh metal all around the bowl. The bolt tangs always bend on these bowls and possibly bend so much that they bottom out on the threaded ears, never compressing the gasket. I looked t a rebuilt one from Autozone and the bowl tabs were bent already, touching the body ears. I rebuilt mine and it worked fine after the accelerator pump was shooting gas out the weep hole,,how safe was that?