Hello all,

I've been looking for a MJ for a few weeks and think I might have found one, but for one little concern.
Standing in front of the car and looking under the bonnet, to the left of the engine and slightly towards the back there is a 'jam-jar shaped' plastic component (black with a green lid from memory?) with a few pipes attached. On the car I've found this whole item looks pretty 'oily' or maybe 'diesely' (is that a real word?). What is this component and any ideas why it would look so oily - anything to worry about, any common reasons etc?

I'm pretty mechanically competent but I'm also 'old skool' so modern engines with all their extra bits and bobs can be a bit challenging until I find my way around!

By-the-way, great forum you have here :worship: hope to be fully fledged member soon :slayer:

Thats a fuel filter
Maybe was replaced and diesel that was on the pipes got splilt on it and not cleaned after
Check pipes and make sure are connected properly and with no rips

Actually thinking about it as i only ever worked on a multijet engine once the fuel filter maybe is on the right side...im confused so dont take my answer for granted

Fuel filter...

Thanks folks, that's two votes for fuel filter then . That would make sense as it will of course be diesel and not oil that it was all over it.

From the size of it and the fact that diesel isn't spraying all over the place I'm guessing that it's not on the high pressure side of the system? Or maybe there's no leak at all and it's just a bit of shoddy work - not being cleaned up after a filter change?

Once again thanks for the help, I'll have another look and invest in a manual asap!

3rd vote for fuel filter

On my MJ the fuel filter is about the size of a large oil filter and is mounted on the bulkhead. The clutch and brake fluid reservoirs are on the right.