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Hello from Russia.This is china ebay journal bearings T3/T4 turbo on 2002 Protege 5. Boost 0.6 kilo and everything is ok!
 

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Anyway, I've got an oil leak from the bottom of the compressor housing and oil blow by out of the compressor from my china charger.
 
T3/t4 chinacharger journal bearing.
1.5mm oil restrictor and I did not have it re balanced. It has no shaft play whatsoever. I only paid $100 for it though and I never ran it with a filter so I was always sketchy about it. It actually isn't bad enough to where it loses oil, it just leaves residue on the compressor
 
Yup according to cxracing a bb turbo needs a 1mm restrictor and a journal needs a 1.5mm. I don't beleive when people say you don't need one on a journal bearing.

Anyways I think I know why I'm getting blow by.. I hit a dog recently and the impact pinched my oil return line and now it also forms a U shape. Pretty sure it's puddling in the middle and making the oil find other means of leaving the turbo
 
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