[turbonetuk]

Hello all here

I have a 2013 i30 active 1.4

got a problem with it going into second gear from 1st gear
hard and sometimes crunches !

going from third to second is smooth

also noticed there is oil underneath the car near the gearbox

anybody any ideas ?

[Dazzler]

Welcome, Don't like the sound of the gearbox dropping oil. You should still have warranty. I'd be getting it to the dealer yesterday! Some can be a bit tight going 2 to 1, but from 1 to 2 being a problem is not normal...

[Doggie 1]

 

The 1 to 2 change has always been a bit of an issue on i30s.
It has been discussed many times on the forum and having owned both the earlier FD and the later GD (both diesel), I can say that the GD is better but still not great.
With practice, you will get it to be much better because it has to do with both the speed of the change and also the direction you move the gear lever in its plane, if that makes sense. The direction you pull the gear lever from 1 to neutral and neutral to 2 is not as intuitive as you might think.
Experiment with it and you can get it smooth 90%+ of the time.
It's very satisfying when you learn to do it right and it did take me some time.
Although as Dazz said, if it's leaking oil, that's a different matter that needs to be investigated.

[ibrokeit]

 

While I can't say ditto to gear changes (having only ever been in i30 autos - mine, loan cars and other peoples) - I do say ditto regarding the oil

By most reports the i30 seem to never, at least until well past warranty age, leak oil unless there is something up (or burn that much either) - which could be totally minor (e.g. untightened plug or bad gasket for the plug) to bigger issues.

So