[Vwdiesel] head gasket woes(way too long)

[cass]

hi kids.

little curious problem ,and im wondering if anyone has a suggestion
for, regarding my head gasket...
background....
i completely  rebuilt this 1980 1.6NA diesel about 20,000 k ago.
it ran great..except for a very small antifreeze bubble at the front
of the gasket/head.
right from the get go.
a pin head really...i re torque the head...
didn't get worse..didn't seem to affect anything..
but i figgerd it was on borrowed time..
 i figgerd it might be that
i had had the head resurfaced..and i felt the new surface as a wee bit
rough...
but put it on anyways.
but it didnt go away after re-tourquing
 i figgerd replacing the head gasket meant take the head in
again to be re-resurfaced..
so..i decided to drive it n see what happens.(read...lazy)
((i don't think a normal human would have noticed the lil pin head
bubble leak..)
anyway...
it finally started to steam like there was no tomorrow..
ran just a little on the hot side at this time.
no oil in water..or vise versa..
so i parked it n took off the head...
now..this motor has NEVER been over heated..
yet the head gasket looks like nothing ive ever seen.
at least 8 different cracks..very obvious..
everything elts is very normal looking...
injectors  glow plugs ..cylinders..
the gasket just looks like it really was drastically over heated n
abused.. :o(

so.. has any one elts seen this and can they tell me why a head gasket
on a fairly new re-build
never been even over hot...would do this?
is this kinda normal?
the car was running perfect  no really abnormal smoke..no loss of
fluids..
up till when it did the steam show.
and it was taken off the road immediately..

im a lil frustrated n concerned..
thinks i should consider?

thankyou in advance

cassie