Wish I'd found this forum a long time ago. My (independent) mechanic told me the valve head is burned out and needs replacement. It's almost $2,600 from Honda.
My questions are
1) Has anyone had good luck lately (say within the last couple of years) of getting any goodwill assistance from Honda on this repair for a 2001 model, and
2) Is this really a fix? Or is just the same old thing and you'll have to have the valves adjusted every 30,000 miles?