Your description doesn't make me very optimistic. Perhaps take a video with sound and post.
Weird. Oh well.
I have installed those fittings on 2 VFRs. They are well made replicas and fit and performed perfect. Dude, you're not "DIY" out of this one....
It's just a remnant of the machining process. Kinda looks like a landing to center / hold a drill process perhaps. Don't sweat it.
You don't have many choices at this point. You likely broke them removing the carbs incorrectly. It was just the orings leaking until you...
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I was out of room 11 bikes ago.
"port"? Isn't that a crankcase-halves joining bolt? I would think where the oil pressure sending unit threads in would be the place to plumb in...
Fixed that for ya.
Past due to take this master apart and investigate.
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DO NOT TRY AND REMOVE IT. You will mangle it attempting. Just keep soaking and trying. Some 3rd Gen carbs I recently rebuild had the same...
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