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I wonder if the manufacturer (pioneer) accounted for the nylog in the torque settings (since they ask that you DO apply nylog on both sides of the flare). 11 ft lbs is not that much. I don't know what other manufacturers call for for the 1/4" line.

I used one from work when I set it at the initial 11.8 ft/lbs. Later when I noticed the leak I grabbed a cheap tekton with a range of 80 ft/lbs. I set it to about 13 and it did tighten the nut about an 1/8 of a turn, exacerbating the issue immediately before the flare blew off.

that's true that the main seal is between the inside of the flare and the face which it seats on. Small and slow leaks that make it through here still have to travel either through the threads and out or around the back side of the flare and through the nut. Potentially nylog in both of these...

it says right in the manual to use the nylog on both sides of the flare. this should not affect the torque of the nut tightening on to the threads/compressing the flare. i believe the outside of the flare should be lubricated precisely to prevent the nut from grabbing the flare itself and...

Wouldn't this be the case if I were to use nylog on the actual threads? Which I did not do. I don't see how nylog on the flare itself would throw off the torque wrench?

OK so no issues with drawing a vacuum on the entire system, with both valves open. As for adding refrigerant, there is only one service port on the low side. If I were to close the low side valve (to the condenser), then refrigerant would travel through the low side line to the air handler...

Prior to my mini-split install I watched numerous videos and read many threads to familiarize myself with the tools and the process. Install was successful (seemingly) and had been running for about 24 hours. I thought to check my four lineset connections one last time before buttoning up...