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Particulate filter warning light on after car was stored

I recently got my car back after 10 weeks when it was vegetating in a body-shop following a hail storm in June. Since I got it back, the Particulate Filter warning light is on constantly. Since the 10 days prior to it going in, I drove 600 miles between Leicestershire and the south coast while we were on a break, so plenty of motorway driving.

Do you have any ideas why this should have happened?

Asked on 10 October 2012 by spikealight

Answered by Honest John
Because the engine has been started from cold and switched off again to move the car around the workshops. It might also be out of Eolys fluid. So get that replenished (costs around £100), then take it on a long run in the hope that will clear the DPF.

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