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the eld on my civic ek4 sticks to 12.5v it does not sense load so it does not even throw a code is there a way i can by pass the eld i have checked the alternator and its fine i am in africa and i cant get another eld

 
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i've never heard the term of eld... lemme know what it is and i'll let you know if i can think of a way to bypass it.. what year civic

 
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This is a civic 1997 4dr EK4 with a D15Z motor.The eld is the electric load detector,what it does is switch the alternator between 12.5 and approximately 14volts when it senses there is load on the aletrnator

 
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ok i get it... well, i would say just un plug it and run a basic volt guage on it... they cost verry little here.. idk about there... if need be, if you ever needed litle parts like that, i have paypal and i could ship stuff like that to you...

 
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will the cel come on if its disconnected.i will try over the weekend and will let you know thanks a lot

 
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i dont see a reason for this to throw a cel... .

 
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i know there is a code for the eld but that is if it fails completely or it goes below 11 volts or about

 
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seems to me like what you're talking about is that you have a guage though.. am i right? if it throws a code because of voltage, it shouldn't be based on the guage.... i wouldn't think at least.. if there's only 2 wires on it, power and ground, then you can disconnect it and it wont do anything... but if it does have a signal wire to the ecu, then it would prolly throw a code..btu that seems unlikely..

 
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its got a signal wire from the ecu

 
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oh that's not good then.. is it jst one wire fom th ecu? if thisis the case, then you will be ok taking it out.. but if the wire feeds TO the ecu then you better find a new one from somewhere