1.7 Been sittin' a while, What do I put in the cylinders? Options

[alphacrimedog]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif) I am about to get things ready to try and start my car since I got it from the original owner. Its been sitting outside for years, but overall the car is in pretty good shape. It was sitting under the carport on a concrete driveway. I need to replace the gas lines coming from the bottom of the tank to the fuel lines. I'll have the tank boiled out while its out of the car.
I figured since its been sitting a while that I need to remove the plugs and put some kind of lube or something in the cylinders before trying to turn her over ( probably by hand). I was thinking of Marvel Mystery Oil, My Brother-in-law says he likes to use Transmission fluid because of all the detergents in it. What do you guys think is the proper thing to do?

[maf914]

Don't fill the cylinders! Who knows what kind of damage can occur when that piston tries to move through a compression stroke while the cylinder has a huge slug of oil in it. Also if any of the exhaust valves are open it will just run out into the exhaust.

Just add enough to wet the rings. I don't know how well it really does wet the rings, since the cylinders are horizontal and the oil will settle to the bottom. But I did add oil to my cylinders before a lengthy storage and it worked out fine afterwards.

Mike