Dipstick won't go back in the tube!

“…and what does go in comes out completely oil free.”

That is expected. If you can’t get it in all the way except for about 2 inches, the dipstick will not get wet. I wouldn’t worry about that at all for now. It will only become a problem when you really do need to check your oil level. Try pushing something like a thin wire through the tube and see if it hangs up in the same place. It has to be thin enough to pass through a hole in the blockage that the dipstick can’t, but it still mist be stiff.