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Originally Posted by SF2000x5
Had it towed to my parents garage after blowing the rear differential. I have the front diff disabled using xdelete.
It was wet out and it gave out accelerating up a hill. I never thought the 3.0 would break the diff even in rwd mode.
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Mine didn't die completely but when I would rev up to higher RPM while driving my rear diff would whine. Was debating to sell my X5 3.5 as it was now at 200K kms but said i'll replace it and fix some other issues while under it.
Found a used one rear diff with 40K kms on it ($600 canadian) and replaced my rear diff , replaced rear driver side CV shaft ($200 canadian from RockAuto as was leaking grease on boot so whole thing to be replaced) and then I replaced the oil gasket pan ($50).
The oil gasket pan was the hardest of all 3 as everything in the front had to come down to replace it ie. front diff, sub frame, cv shafts etc.
Hopefully no more major repairs for a bit , now sitting at 206K kms.