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Originally Posted by Shorebilly
Anyone who has worked around boats of any kind, from fishing, to racing, to megabuck yachts.....will have an oil suction setup.....and they usually run off of 12V as mine does.....just clip it to the battery terminals.....they can be found at any good marine supply store.....Boat US, and West Marine for example.....
I personally use the drain plug on my vehicles......and I do the changes myself... 
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Some of the engines that have the oil sucked out of them via the dipstick cost more than a new E320 CDI. If removal via the dipstick is good enough for the oil on an $80k custom Merlin its sure good enough for my 20 year old 603.
Btw I do drain mine via the plug, until I put the belly pans back on in the spring. After that its not worth taking them off, suck it out. Without the belly pans on the 603 its real easy, just reach under the car with a 13mm wrench the plug is right there, no jack or stretching needed.