steelworker

Does anyone know if a Canadian p30 ecu for the B16 would give problems in a US Civic or Del sol?

From the research I've done I've found that US cars have the ELD while the Canadian cars don't and that if you plug in an usdm p30 into a Canadian car you will get the ELD cell 20 because it's looking for the ELD, but I couldn't find out what would happen if you did vice versa, plug a Canadian p30 ecu into a US car. My best guess would be that since the Canadian ecu knows nothing about the ELD that the ecu would work fine without any cel's but that's just my best guess. Reason I'm asking is because there's a Canadian obd2 p30-c02 up on eBay right now for a lot cheaper than a US one would go for and I feel like pulling the trigger since I'm using a JDM ecu right now and could never find a US p30. So anybody plug in a Canadian p30 obd1 or obd2 into their car? And did the car run find with no check engine light afterwards?

MisereNoire

Let me google that for ya. link
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steelworker

I did read that link already, basically allot of speculation and opinions but nothing definitive there. You'll need a new alternator probably, and I don't think it would pass a bar. I was just asking a question hoping that someone might help me find the answer, has anyone tried using a Canadian obd1 p30 ecu in there 92-95 b16 del sol or a obd2 ecu in a obd2 Del sol and if so was there any problems after like not running right or giving codes or did you need a Canadian alternator or were you good to go? My car is a 96 del sol with a jdm b16 and was thinking about replacing my jdm ecu with a Canadian p30.

TomCat39

Here is one detail that will pose a problem.

CDM cars do not have an ELD circuit, USDM cars do.

That will be the area you should research. I'm not sure if the ELD unit will play nice with a CDM ECU.

And I think putting a USDM ECU in a CDM car the CEL comes on for a faulty ELD unit.

steelworker

Ya I've been googling this possible eld issue but couldn't find much info on what happens if you plug a Canadian ecu into a US car. I did read that if you plug in a USDM ecu into a Canadian car you get the eld cell. I'm starting to think it wouldn't work just by how cheap you can get a Canadian p30 for so I'm guessing there has to be an issue since usdm p30's go for over $300 and Canadian p30's go for a fraction of that. I guess the only way to find out is by trying so I think I might go ahead and order that ecu and take the risk. I'm sure someone has tried a Canadian ecu before even if it was a p06 or p28. I still have wishful thinking that since there's no eld hardware in the Canadian ecu it would just run perfect but I'm definitely going to do more research on this eld subject because I don't know much about it. Another thing I was thinking about was maybe adding the eld hardware to the Canadian ecu from maybe a cheaper ecu or even a garbage one by soldering it on, but again I'm not a professional at that stuff just think there might be away. If anyone knows more about these Canadian ecu's please chime in.

tony_2018

You can bypass the ELD, there are write ups, and then use the cdm ecu.