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The cheapest and quickest (my active time) method to suck oil out of the dipstick tube (if your boat is not in the water) is to:
1) buy 8 ft of polyethylene tubing of the largest diameter that will fit down the dipstick tube (in my case 5/16"OD, 1/4" ID)
2) cut the end at an acute angle (maybe...
