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motor maintenance
mlincoln
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So I'm checking up on the outboard, making sure it's ready to go. I notice that the oil level is too high. Gotta fix that, but taking out the drain screw is going to be a big mess and as I'm in an apartment I really don't have any place to do it. Looking around the room, I notice an old Big Gulp cup with a straw still in it. I grab the straw, rinse it out, and put it down into the reservoir and put my finger on top of it. Out comes the straw, with about an inch of oil in it. I do this another 10 or 15 times and then I realize that I'm only getting a tiny bit each time and that I'm going to be here all night. Thinking again, I make sure the one end of the straw is clean, stick it back in, and suck a bunch of oil up the straw, stopping a couple inches from my lips. Now we're getting somewhere. Each strawful is about 8 times what I was getting the first way. I'm into a routine, moving right along, when my girlfriend sneaks up behind me and gives me a massive goose. I mean, I've had prostate exams that were less invasive. As I run to the sink spitting oil and cursing like a sailor, she's laughing her head off. I have to admit, it probably did look pretty funny.
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