I did once successfully get a trader to pay for repairs, but that was after I'd only had it for a couple of weeks. In that case it was under warranty, but the warranty company cleverly decided that the repair increased the value of the car and so therefore they didn't have to pay. 
I just ignored them and threatened the dealer with the Sale of Goods Act and the Small Claims Court, and after a letter and a few heated phone calls he gave in. IME third party warranties are only there so the dealers can avoid their responsibilities.
The problem you've got is there's quite some considerable time (15 months) until the failure, and the mileage doesn't tell you everything. If anything lots of short trips are worse for the car.
It also probably wasn't a "new engine". It might have been a new engine block with the head and other gubbins reused from your original engine and assembled by the dealer's spanner monkeys. You'd have probably been better off in both ways by getting a second hand engine from a crashed car; then at least you know you're getting one from the factory.
Good luck with it.
I just ignored them and threatened the dealer with the Sale of Goods Act and the Small Claims Court, and after a letter and a few heated phone calls he gave in. IME third party warranties are only there so the dealers can avoid their responsibilities.The problem you've got is there's quite some considerable time (15 months) until the failure, and the mileage doesn't tell you everything. If anything lots of short trips are worse for the car.
It also probably wasn't a "new engine". It might have been a new engine block with the head and other gubbins reused from your original engine and assembled by the dealer's spanner monkeys. You'd have probably been better off in both ways by getting a second hand engine from a crashed car; then at least you know you're getting one from the factory.
Good luck with it.
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