Problem with Holley 4 bbl

DJC said

If it's leaking alot of gas down the intake, check the gasket between the metering block and the body. IF you put the wrong one in, there's passage above the power valve that isn't sealed properly. Images below

This is the right type with the small hole isolated View attachment 1715775743

And this one is the type that can cause the leakView attachment 1715775742

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It has the upper gasket. I think the lower one is used on some Holleys that have a tube for the accelerator pump circuit.

An update...after I took the carb apart and blew out all the passages, rechecked the PV, and put it back on, I fired it up and after it warmed up I turned in both idle mixture screws all the way in. Not only did it not die but actually sped up. So, it did respond to mixture screw changes but only when I leaned it out as far as I could. It has a 65 PV but only pulls 5" vacuum at idle. That should mean the PV is open at idle but it shouldn't (key word) be pulling fuel from the boosters with the primaries almost completely closed (just a "square" of the transfer slot showing).