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Ya, thats the way those are made. Its one of Honda's worse designs but they'll insist yer full of crap if you tell them about it. So you're stuck with fixing it. The crankshaft seems to be the last part to die on those so if you fix the pump and swap out the bad topend parts its probably gonna be fine. Check around... G&H sells cylinder and head kits as well as others... don't forget to flush out everything real good...