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Originally Posted by ndutton
The hole you circled, the center one at the bottom of the pan, is intended to remain open. It does not have anything to do with the wet oil area of the pan but is instead a path for errant liquids inside the flywheel housing to have a way out.
I took a close look at my spare engine currently sitting level on a test bed and filled with oil. The hole is clear through the solid pan flange into the flywheel housing and remains bone dry.
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I took a couple of pics today.
As Neil points out, that hole doesn't get a plug or bolt.
It's open and dry.
As we've already pointed out, the drain plug is on the Starter/Alt side and forward. Right behind the flywheel.
Which is an interesting location because that is almost the highest point in the engine rather than the lowest.
