Code 20 is Electrical Load Detector. if you know how to fix code 20 then please explain.

 

me to, me to! I'm throwing the same code, and It's making my car not start. sorry, I didn't mean to jack your post. I just really want to find this out

 

theres gotta be a solution to this code.

 

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Yes, it's called a search! I did one and this is what I found:

 

Mine was my ignitor, also why your car may not start. Or Coil. Drove me nuts b/c my car would die after running for more than 20 minutes.

 

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Ive thrown this code 3 times, and every time it turned out to be a bad ground, so check them all

 

check all grounds....

 

also check ur main relay! if u don't hear a clicking noise on the driver side kick panel when u switch it to on position ( not start) ur main relay is bad

 

All good advice.

 

remove the jumper resistors in the ecu disabling the eld.

will get rid of the code forever.

 

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will get rid of the code forever.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what resistor is it?

 

If u want to get rid of the eld code. Change the engine bay fuse box on top of the shock tower. Thats what we did on my buddys crx and it went away.

 

also... if you had a b16a, and you had to add the 4 wires, 2 vtec, knock, and 2nd o2, then you go back to a us ecu it will throw that code. Its because the eld is removed for one of the wires, then you dont replace it and walla, code 20.

PS, jdm pr3, exc... dont look for a eld

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ghettocrxsi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If u want to get rid of the eld code. Change the engine bay fuse box on top of the shock tower. Thats what we did on my buddys crx and it went away.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So what fuse box did you guys use, another crx fuse box??

 

in canada 88-91 civ/rex use the eld in the fuse box. In 90-91 rex/civs they don't have the eld if you use a 88-89 ecu in a 90-91 it will throw the 20 until you change the box

 

My Dx 91 MPFI conversion, give me an ELD code but the ECU is from my Civic SI 90

 

does it say 90 on it ...open up and look if it has a seaparate eprom if not it was made in 89 and stampted 90.

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also look in your fusebox if you even have the eld

Heres a pic of the box with a eld



Modified by 89civicdx at 7:22 PM 7/2/2004

 

Some Canadian Civic's will not have an ELD. If you don't have one to begin with don't worry.

 

sweet this web site is aesome I have been struggling on my own to learn all this honda stuff and trying to figure stuff out and I knew there were chat forums like this out there I just did not know how helpfull it really was thank you for clearing up my code 20 for I was just about to send it to a dealer to be diagnosed and I can't afford that so I came on here and wow cause I aam using a 89 computer in my 91 and could not figure out the problem thanks guys

 

Just ignore the code and waite til it goes away, my car is throwing that, and as far as i know ef's do not have it. My car runs fine.

 

so if my d15b is throwing this code at me when i'm running a p28 it would go away if i got the p08 because that ecu doesn't look for an eld?

 

I fix the code!!! it was just a bad ground connection.

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StupidSlowCRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check all grounds....</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

which ground connection did you fix or replace?

is there a specific ground that effects the ELD? or should I just shut up and search them all?

exactly how do you check for a bad ground?

TIA

BTW: nice sig StupidSlowCRX

 

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by StupidSlowCrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">check all grounds....</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by H22 VTEC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ive thrown this code 3 times, and every time it turned out to be a bad ground, so check them all</TD></TR></TABLE>