I was simply inquiring wheather or not anybody else has noticed these differentials to be paticularly sensitive to the level of gear oil. That's it. And instead of that you get jumped on right away like "how dare you assume to question the quality of an MB". Or "what a stupid question, let me lecture you on how a differential works". I have bought/worked on many cars and trucks with high mileage on them where it was fairly clear that the fill plug in the diff hasn't been touched in a very long time, if ever. And even the ones that were low on fluid, sometimes a lot low continued to run for a long time after getting serviced. So the low fluid level must not have bothered them that much! This is the first vehicle I have ever had any differential problems with, I'm just trying to figure out why. I'm sorry if my abbreviated bad name offended anyone.

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1981 240d (The Diplomat Car), 1988 Dodge W250 (The Bruiser), Volvo 262 (The Never Ending Project), 1972 Duece and a Half (Will Winch Over Anything)