Hi all,
Have a 2010 Diesel i30. Have read a number of posts over a number of years and some of them fit with some of my issue but not completely so thought I would ask! Note I am not a technical person so really looking at options to tell my mechanic who couldn't find a problem after a drive and a clutch inspection.
The issue - Inconsistently across a drive for the last few days the gear changes alter between normal and a bit stiff. It appears worse early in a drive, but sometimes its fine at the start and gets worse later. The stiffness I can live with, but the main issue is that occasionally, I can't change from 1 to 2. To fix, I simply pull over to a complete stop and then it works fine. I haven't yet tried going into neutral or straight to 3rd on the 3 times its happened as my first reaction is to get out of the way of the cars behind and pull over.
This problem came up 3 months ago one time and then disappeared till the last few days. But now present over a few days.
There is no crunch/grind of gears and there is no obvious difference between when its going to be a tough change or a normal change. The mechanic checked the clutch and no issue. The only noise I can sometime hear is a slight mechanical whirring when it goes into gear but I don't hear it every time and sometimes I hear it when gears are fine and sometimes when not fine, so no pattern. This may be completely normal sound but I usually have music on but its been off whilst having issues.
From my reading of other posts, the normal suggestion for tightness I think would be to change the gear oil. But I hadn't read anyone failing to actually get into a gear, but there seems to be lots of comments of 1 to 2 being an issue. I suggested that to the mechanic and they weren't convinced that was the issue but would obviously do it if I wanted. They had no suggestions because when they drove it it was operating normally.
Going to monitor a few days before likely going back to mechanic - any and all suggestions appreciated! Thanks
