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Old 03-20-2015, 09:51 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by martsink View Post
Hey,
I don't want to get into a technical argument because I'm no an expert myself, but DIN or ISO is a "bubble flare", I believe double is the term for SAE flare. I just spoke to my local Porsche mechanic about it, and he said they are technically not reusable because they have a crush zone for sealing, but 90% of the time you won't have any issues with it. He said when he does the work for customers he would have to re-flare the line, but he wouldn't worry about it on a personal car.
Calling it a bubble flare is a common misnomer, I have even seen it listed in publications that way; and it is completely reusable.
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