missing bolt or plug or not?

Hi I am new to land rovers and was trying to fix starter motor earth when I noticed a possible missing bolt, sump plug? was hoping someone would know if a bolt or sump plug was missing and what it is missing from? any help appreciated. It is a 1999 land rover discovery tdi and photo's were took from under neath between front wheels. thank you in advance. cheers lee

If, it's a manual gearbox it should be like that, its open so to allow oil leaking from an iffy seal to drain from the bell housing and also give an indication of that iffy seal, oil which could contaminate the clutch.
If or when you go wading in deep water there's a screw called a 'wading plug, that should be screwed in to stop the ingress of water.
Much the same as your timing case at the front of the engine where again you will find a hole.

All the info is in the owners handbook, and it looks as if you have a bad oil leak somewhere already

Wading plug, you should have one at the front of the engine as well.

Cheers

thank you so much I will stop worrying then. oil leak is from power steering reservoir which I top up monthly.
thanks again much appreciated.
cheers lee

I wonder how many times this question is going to be asked, after the "what's the biggest tyres " question this must be the most asked.

waldershelf said:

I wonder how many times this question is going to be asked,

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Yes it certainly reinforces the saying, "when all else fails, read the instruction manual!"
I'm purposely leaving the wading plugs in mine so the next lucky owner of my Tdi will not have to embarrass themselves by asking that question.

discool said:

it looks as if you have a bad oil leak somewhere already

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Nah!...............that's just the Land Rover patented underbody rust prevention system at work...... move away now, nothing to see here.