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Hi all. I recently bought a 2009 Panda 1.1 Active from a dealer in Henfield and on driving it home In the evening the heater went cold and the temp gauge haywire. I was in a rural location and had to drive gingerly for a few miles to reach a garage and found the car had no coolant. I filled up with water and drove home. I Flushed and filled up with the recommended coolant next day but the gauge continued to show overheating. I notified the dealer and he arranged to have it collected and the head gasket was replaced. Almost immediately on driving again the temp gauge played up a bit but then seemed to settle down. I drove about 20 miles, parked up and when I came back the car would not start. The AA took us home and I informed the dealer who again had it collected and diagnosed the engine needed replaced. The car had quite low mileage on it, about 26000, so I told him I either wanted the engine reconditioned or a replacement with a lower mileage similar to the original - for obvious reasons. He did not respond to my messages about this so when the work was eventually done and I went to collect the car I recorded our conversation. He did not have the mileage or engine number available for me and I told him I would be unhappy about driving it away without a commitment from him that he would get me the mileage and documentation for the replacement engine within the next fortnight. He assured me that he would get me all of the this and if there was a serious difference in the mileage he would negotiate some kind of compensation. That was six months ago and guess what, after repeated requests he still can’t come up with the mileage or docs for the engine. What I would like to know if where to find the engine number on the engine and if I can do a search for mileage on this? I am initiating a small claim against him for a full refund since the goods are not as described and I am unable to update the DVLA on the replacement engine details.