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Weird colored oil after trans pan install

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Turbo6Smackdown

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Got about a mile on this install. Put the new Hughes pan/700 filter combo on, and refilled with B&M Trickshift. After sittin in my garage (of course it leaks a little) I started to see weird grey shit in the trans oil when it collets at the head of the allen screws. But, I changed two things at once (I know, but I didn't have a choice) and now I don't know if it's an additive from B&M's fluid, or residue from the aluminum trans pan. See the shiny stuff at the end of the screw? It appears as white out from the bright flash but it's not. It's actually greyish fluid. You can see what a normal wet screw looks like by looking at the one on the left. That's normal. The one circled has the grey shit in it. Anyone?
 

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Could be alum dust from the machining of the pan??
Did you wash it well, B4 install?
Did you U use anti seize on the bolts?
Did you use a sealer on the gasket?
 
That's what I'm thinking. And no to all the 3 questions... In retrospect, I'm not sure I should have mounted it direct. I should have washed it. But it's cast so... That's what made me think it was good to go right out of the box.
 
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