Quote Originally Posted by BillBoost37 View Post
With abuse and even a lack of abuse.. there is a roll pin on the differential that holds the main pin of the diff in place. That roll pin commonly breaks, when it does..the pin of the diff (holding the gears in place) then moves.. this movement can shave the inside of the diff cover (aluminum) and or start letting bearing pieces from the gears stray into the pan as well. It turns into a fairly bulky mess in the pan. When you start the car and fluid is pulled into the filter..this material starts to clog the filter. When the engine is off, the material on the filter falls off and the filter unclogs. This allows you to have the behavior mentioned.

I'm not only the President of the trans trasher club, I'm also a customer.
Thanks a lot for the explanation, I appreciate it.