Coolant coming out of timing cover bolts?

As was said, what ever works for you. However if you look at cost vs. volume I don't think they're in the same ballpark.

Local to me Lowe's: $8 for 4oz. (118 mL) can


vs.
Local to me O'Reilly's: $5.30 for 6mL (.2 oz)


And, one of the sealants that I tried was Lock-tite 545, what the Permatex product is a copy of. On a Slant it didn't work, which surprised me greatly. With it's exhaust manifold right there I think that I exceeded the intended operating temperature. Been several months of mostly DD driving and the pipe dope hasn't given me any trouble.