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John Rumm wrote:
I find many do, or use as the reason why they are using PTFE tape,
often fully covering the olive as well.

Covering the olive will alter the sealing properties, and can be used to
fix some categories of leak.

I do use PTFE on the olive after cleaning the pipes thoroughly, and making
sure there are no inline scratches. Examine more carefully than I would
for a solder fitting.

And oddly, never have a compression fitting leak. ;-)

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