Hello,

I've been a lurker on this forum for a while and I actually have used it to fix many issues on my car because you guys are awesome. Unfortunately i have an issue I was unable to solve by browsing this time so I thought I would participate in the conversation!

As I wrapped up a repair job on my rear shocks I decided to go ahead and do a full check on my fluids and noticed my oil was gone. This shocked me pretty hard and made me determined to figure out what was up before anymore damage might occur. I have pretty much narrowed the leak down to the oil pan around this area:



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I originally thought it might be the drain plug but then I looked up a diagram and realized that the drain plug was on the rear of the oil pan.


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So basically I need to know what part is supposed to go here.



Untitled by Jason Kidrowski, on Flickr

I'm very thankful for any help because this has been bothering me all morning.