After a 12 year air-cooled absence I am the proud new owner of a 71 Ghia. My guess is it has been in storage for 10 years or more. After a cursory inspection I decided to fire it up, and it started immediately. However, it refuses to idle, and it smokes (looks white to me) like crazy out of the exhaust. A friend suggested that the rings might be frozen and I should dump liquid wrench in and let it sit overnight. Seem like a reasonable thing to do until I can do a compression test? The fuel filter definitely needs replacing, but I didn't think that would cause what I am seeing.
thanks, andy