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I managed to successfully plug in the suggested relay and run vacuum pump. Works well (although still runs for a few seconds after...

Both engines are DXD thats why I was perpexled why they would have different vacuum setup.

The newest DXD engine. It would have been controlled by ecu directly, Yes it would require a power from fuse box. Terminal 15 is for...

same engine code stamped on both blocks. Every other component was same on the engine apart from vacuum. guess it must have come out of...

Correct by vw engineers? Like oil pressure thats deliberately lowered to warrant premature engine failure?

It was exactly same engine code DXD. Surprisingly these came with either in sump combined vacuum pump or external electric depending...

I've swapped a 1.5 tsi engine, same codes but the donor engine had external vaccum pump and the original had one together with oil pump...