That's what it looked like to me in the pictures. Not sure what to think of it. It was a pain to clean off the pan, cover and engine on disassembly but due to other engine oil control issues I could not tell if it was leaking through the gaskets or not. I normally dislike painting over gaskets (ironically prefer the clean look of painted then assembled), but this time I assembled the engine then intentionally put a coat of paint over all the gasket mating surfaces as an end play to try and further seal the engine from oil leaks and then possibly more easily identify where leaks are coming from if it starts.
Funny enough, the coat of paint kept the oil in my Buick's oil pan for a year and a half before a piece flaked off and drained half the oil out where I had burned through the pan welding baffles in and didn't notice when re-painting.
