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I have put a little too much oil in my engine, and want to remove about a litre, would this be possible by putting a flexible hose down the dip stick tube, and sucking a litre out this way?

Thanks in advance

Wouldn't it be easier just to drop it out of the sump plug?

I could do, but that would mean I need to drive 20km away to our summer house to carry out that kind of work, as not allowed to do that in the street due to accidental spillage. Crazy I know, but its the law here, you cannot even clean your car on the street.

Ah I see.

In that case then yes I can't see why it wouldnt be possible to suck it out via the dipstick tube if you can fandangle a pipe and some sort of suction.

You need to get yourself an Oil pump that sucks it out of the dipstick tube like the one in the link.
http://www1.westfalia.de/shops/autozube ... gpumpe.htm

Cheers guys, good idea there Titus, but all done now, and managed it withough sucking any oil into my mouth

Oil level now is a just a few mm above max mark on dipstick, so am very happy with that. Only needed to remove a pint

Oil level now is a just a few mm above max mark on dipstick, so am very happy with that.

Suck some more

Smart never put a sump plug in so I have to use a pela pump to change the oil. Would love to know what sludge is in the bottom after 80,000 miles.

A few mm above maximum should be fine I would of thought? If not, I guess I best suck some more then

it will get rid of the few mm on its own....... they always burn it down to 3/4 of the way tween the marks anyway...... i only ever fill mine to 3/4 now, its only about 200ml but it ads up!!

Cheers matey