If anyone wants to know about the diff oil - I ended up using Royal Purple 75w140 just because my local O'Riley's had it - though I personally wouldn't specifically recommend for or against it at this point.
I spent two hours reading through forums and found a real clusterfunk of information...
Thanks, everyone!
I swapped out diff the fluid this afternoon and sprayed down the entire area with brake cleaner. I'll check it every so often to see if the leak is still active at all.
Fingers crossed that the fluid change helps with the diff noise. I'll update the thread after a few hundred...
Hey, y'all. Got my first Z3 a few months back and have since noticed the classic "diff whine" issue. I found this single photo in a recent service record that shows the diff case is leaking. It was not addressed at the time of service. Being a newbie I'm looking for insight and maybe some...
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