'87 4kq: oil system question/emergency?

[Andrew Buc]

** Reply to message from <James at ringsperformance.com> on Sun, 27 Jan 2002
10:38:32 -0700

> The holes from the lifter area back to the bottom of the engine are quite
> small, so the foil is 99% still in the head. It only takes 15 minutes to
> pull/install the cover, so do that.

According to the Bentley, there are a couple of cam cover gaskets that they say
should always be replaced. Is that true even for a quick on-and-off like this?
Thanks!