B230FD w/ 270k on an original engine.

After a front seal failure, a loose water pump, oily timing belt, and general leakage, I opted to put on a new refreshed head, oem pump, and gates kevlar belt.

I ordered a head gasket from VLVWorld, which was a german Reinz gasket.

The repair/replacement went well on Saturday and I've been driving the car since the repair. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to shake the oily stink from the engine.

Today I realized why.

The new gasket is leaking. I'm getting oily seepage along the exhaust side, and coolant seepage along the intake side. There hasn't been a blow out, yet.

Two Questions:

(1) Why didn't this thing seal up?
I followed the guidelines for this gasket: No grease, torqued the bolts to 20nm, 60nm, +90 degrees. I've always greased the block before installing a new gasket is that why this thing didn't work? Is Reinz a junk brand? Are the torque values wrong?


(2) Is it too far gone to save with another round of bolt torquing?

The last few times I've done a gasket, the bolts never really start groaning, but the torque values check out. The torques are even, but maybe they need another round?