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Originally Posted by CTSportX5
Damn, you guys are right on. It is the sealing sleeve. I read that a shop should do this repair as its tricky seating the sleeve or something along those lines. Plus I have the pan with both fill/drain bolts on the bottom. How the hell does that work!?
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My oil pan also has both plugs at the bottom.
The filling hole is like a tube going up inside the pan, at the level where the fluid needs to be. So, the fluid will overflow lets say 3 inches from the bottom of the pan.
The way this tube is made is like a 'T'. There are 2 openings on each side of the 'T' and the top is blocked. When you remove the filling plug, just poke with your finger inside the hole and you will feel on the wall a hole at 90°. You have to feed a flexible hose inside that hole by pushing it with your finger.
At the beginning I tought that it was a weird way of filling a transmission vs the side plug, but now that I've done it, I find it more convenient since you don't have the exhaust tube in the way.