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Every car, gas or diesel I've had has had some sort of goop in the radiator overflow container at some point. I've seriously cracked / blown a head gasket (never took it apart) on an engine before and can describe the symptoms:
1) Noticable "use" of coolant as it is being combusted hence the smoke.
2) WHITE smoke from the burning of coolant, possibly lots of it.
3) Gurgling in the heater / vents area from air being trapped in the coolant system due to the leak.
4) With mine, at first it started as a small white cloud from when the engine would start. Within a few weeks the truck was spewing out large amounts of white smoke for the first 20-30 seconds of running, then it would go away. This is not always the case but I've heard of similar symtoms.
5) Coolant in the oil.
6) Ironically enough it never ran greater even with the cracked head, just smoked badly at startup no matter if the engine was hot or cold.
All this was on a gasser but I couldn't see what the difference would be other than maybe changes in the amount of smoke.
Hope it helps, if your engine's head is iron then you're probably fine, sounds to me like no big deal.
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