You state that you bought the car in May 2011 - I assume that's a typo and should be May 2016, as you say 5 months ago.
Under the Consumer Rights Act, any faults that happen within 6 months of purchase are assumed to have been 'present or developing' at the time of sale, and the selling dealership is entirely responsible for the repair unless they can prove otherwise (see below). This is nothing to do with the warranty.
However ... the 'see below' bit ... if the problem was caused by 'bad fuel', then the fault would be down to the petrol station, and you'd need to show the fault was due to the fuel (getting the fuel tested at your cost), and then sue / threaten to sue the petrol station for the cost of getting the car repaired.
So, 2 different approaches you could take.
1. Go back to selling garage, quoting the Consumer rights Act, and demanding a fix. They may well bluster, but they'll have to knuckle down eventually, just get Trading Standards involved (or threaten to). Ideally, communicate via email / post, so things are on record.
2. Get the fuel tested (no idea what the cost would be to you for that), and then depending on the results you either go to the selling garage as in (1), or the petrol station, to get it fixed.
Do note that under the CRA, whilst you have the right to the repair, you do NOT have the right to have it repaired at a garage of your choosing (so you might well have to get it taken up to Cambs, unless they agreed to let a local garage do the repair), and any costs for such transportation and re-delivery would be YOUR responsibility, and not recoverable.
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