As title says it was filled to the wrong plug hole. Turns out this whole is a drain plug for if the axle was mounted differently. I made a new set up to test if it was ran dry. At the amount that was in it when I drove 10 miles it was below the splash pick up. It had about 2.5 oz in the case. At 3.5 oz it will splash and get some lubrication. The first drain I seen some small amount of glitter in the oil, nothing out of the ordinary for a yearly oil change. The magnet had nothing new stuck to it. I filled the oil to the proper amount 11oz and went back out for 10 miles. Dropped the oil and seen a small amount of glitter and about 3 or 4 pieces of metal the size of a grain of sand. I put an inspection camera in the diff and see no gouges or scratches. There is some where marks on the spiders and that is to be expected since the car has 40k miles. The gears are shiny and no scratches. There is no blue overheat color or the metal. Refilled the car with oil put it on stands and spun the wheels with the motor, no odd noises or new noises or leakes. Rock the wheels back and forth by hand and there is no grinding or excessive play just the normal lash between the gears (give or take 1/4 inch on the tire back and forth). I see no damage as of yet but most certainly did accelerate wear. I also used a royal purple 75w 90 as a lube. I imagine that this also helped with reducing wear becouse of its molecular bonding additives. The gears were spun at high speed in my mock test without the oil and they remained shiny, so I think the oil was still on the gears through the 10 miles. Let me know if you have questions or comments, I will call royal purple and ask about there oil, I am a nerd. Curious about there additive package and how it reacts on metal. Alot of new oils will impregnate the metal with anti wear protective coating and reduce wear in a situation like mine. Thanks if you held on this far in the email.?

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As title says it was filled to the wrong plug hole. Turns out this whole is a drain plug for if the axle was mounted differently. I made a new set up to test if it was ran dry. At the amount that was in it when I drove 10 miles it was below the splash pick up. It had about 2.5 oz in the case. At 3.5 oz it will splash and get some lubrication. The first drain I seen some small amount of glitter in the oil, nothing out of the ordinary for a yearly oil change. The magnet had nothing new stuck to it. I filled the oil to the proper amount 11oz and went back out for 10 miles. Dropped the oil and seen a small amount of glitter and about 3 or 4 pieces of metal the size of a grain of sand. I put an inspection camera in the diff and see no gouges or scratches. There is some where marks on the spiders and that is to be expected since the car has 40k miles. The gears are shiny and no scratches. There is no blue overheat color or the metal. Refilled the car with oil put it on stands and spun the wheels with the motor, no odd noises or new noises or leakes. Rock the wheels back and forth by hand and there is no grinding or excessive play just the normal lash between the gears (give or take 1/4 inch on the tire back and forth). I see no damage as of yet but most certainly did accelerate wear. I also used a royal purple 75w 90 as a lube. I imagine that this also helped with reducing wear becouse of its molecular bonding additives. The gears were spun at high speed in my mock test without the oil and they remained shiny, so I think the oil was still on the gears through the 10 miles. Let me know if you have questions or comments, I will call royal purple and ask about there oil, I am a nerd. Curious about there additive package and how it reacts on metal. Alot of new oils will impregnate the metal with anti wear protective coating and reduce wear in a situation like mine. Thanks if you held on this far in the email.?

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