I am getting ready to button up an engine.  If the bottom of the oil pan gasket beneath the timing cover has sealant put on, and the top only white grease,  removal of the timing cover in the future should be possible without ruining the pan gasket.  But how leaky will it be?

Mike 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.