Thanks for the heads up on the recall. Since the seal failed while the recall was still active and I paid to have it repaired, Honda is going to reimburse me my costs and I can now use that money to put towards another motor I found with about 30k less miles on it than mine. Hopefully, they had the seal recall taken care of before they wrecked the car. Even if they didn't at least I know about the problem now and can correct it before catastrophic damage is done. thanks for all your help.