Second Hand Hyundai i30 Air Filter

Yes – every petrol and diesel engine fitted to the Hyundai i30 across all generations uses a dry-panel air filter as part of its intake system, so this is a part that exists on every variant of the car. The filter itself sits inside an airbox that draws air from outside the engine bay, and the design of that airbox and the filter element it takes varies between engine families. Giving your engine code to the breaker is the quickest way to confirm you get the right filter element.

Almost certainly not – the Mk1 i30 (2007–2012) and the Mk2 i30 (2012–2017, facelift from around 2015) are entirely different platforms with different engine families and different airbox designs, so the filter elements are not interchangeable across that generation boundary. Even where both generations shared a similar displacement engine, the airbox housings and filter dimensions differ. Always confirm against your specific registration and engine code with the breaker before buying.

Yes, fuel type matters because petrol and diesel engines on the i30 use different airbox assemblies and therefore different filter elements – a 1.6 CRDi diesel filter will not be the same as a 1.6 GDi petrol filter even within the same generation. The surest way to get the right part is to supply your engine code, which appears on your V5C or can be obtained from a VIN check, alongside your registration when requesting quotes from breakers. Fuel type alone narrows it down significantly, but the engine code confirms it.

Trim level does not affect air filter fitment – an S, SE, N Line or Premium on the same engine code will all use the same filter element because the filter follows the engine, not the badge or equipment level. The only exception on the i30 range worth noting is the full i30 N performance model, which uses a different turbocharged engine to the mainstream N Line trim and therefore uses a different intake setup entirely. As long as you match on engine code, trim is irrelevant to the air filter choice.

The Mk3 i30 launched in 2017 and received a facelift during the 2020 model year, and while many engine codes carried across that facelift boundary, ancillary components including airbox housings can be updated mid-production run. The engine code should be your starting point, but whether the exact filter element and airbox dimensions are identical across that 2017–2020 boundary is something you should confirm with the breaker against your specific registration rather than assume. A reputable breaker will cross-reference both registrations before supplying the part.

Year and fuel type will get you close but are not enough on their own, because the same model year could have been sold with more than one engine option sharing the same fuel type – for example, the Mk2 i30 diesel was available in different power outputs with different engine codes. The engine code, which is printed on your V5C logbook or available through a VIN decoder, is the single most useful piece of information you can give a breaker and removes the guesswork entirely. If you cannot locate it before contacting breakers, your registration alone allows most dismantlers to cross-reference it on their systems.