Quote Originally Posted by matthewAPM
i would do a compression check. I know the MR2 and STI are two completely different motors, but a friend of mine had the same "white cloud of death". he drove it home (low on oil like urs) and was not smoking the next day. but he thought it was a turbo seal and come to find out, he had cracked a piece of his piston off.

Just something to think about. GL
way to bring some light to the situation