Glow plug replacement is a fairly common repair on diesel engines. Glow plugs inevitably wear out over time, and it can be a fairly easy remove-and-replace procedure. However, this repair requires a bit of caution, as sometimes glow plugs seize and become difficult to remove. If it happens to you, don’t apply too much force, […]
We’ve often been asked how and what we cook on the road and, to be honest, it’s surprisingly similar to cooking in our apartments in San Francisco and New York City. While some aspects such as working in a smaller space and lack of an oven have required some getting used to, there haven’t been […]
Changing the engine oil is one of the most basic things to do with your Sprinter. The service interval is every 10k miles, and it might be a good idea to change the oil on a newly bought Sprinter if you’re not sure when the last change was or which oil was used. A lot […]
After 18 months of owning a ScanGauge, I finally figured out how to reset a check engine light with it on a Sprinter. I have tried many times, but it never worked before. The trick is to put the key in the ignition and move to the on position without turning the engine on. On the […]
After many cold nights without a heat source in our Sprinter, we finally bought and installed an Eberspaecher Airtronic D2 heater. We chose to do the installation ourselves, and while time-consuming (probably 10 hours of labor), it is definitely a doable project and we recommend doing it yourself. We bought our heater at Heatso, based […]
During our trip, we kept track of all maintenance and other repair items on the Sprinter. We’ve added a section on our website giving you an overview. You’ll hopefully find it useful to get a better sense of maintenance cost before purchasing your own. Sprinter Maintenance Log
So, after a long break in posting anything, let’s catch up on what happened over the last few months of the trip and where we are now. After making it all the way south to Ushuaia, we headed back north via the Carreterra Austral. We spent some more time in the Lakes District, Valparaiso and […]
We entered the Carreterra Austral in style, veering off paved Ruta 40 onto deserted dirt roads towards the border. Except for the border officials, we didn’t see another car for 200km. When we crossed the border, we saw the previous person had crossed 2 days ago. On the Chilean side, we passed through Parque Patagonia, […]
Connected to Torres del Paine via the Southern Patagonian Icefield is another park in Argentina, Los Glaciares. To get there, we crossed at a small border with just 2 people working. There’s very little population in this part of the world, so whenever you pass a town, it can be quite a while before you […]
The strange feeling we got from reaching the destination we had been thinking about for the past year quickly passed as we headed back to the South American mainland. After a quick tire change we headed out of Punta Arenas for a hike toward Cabo Froward, the southernmost point of the mainland. We went for a beautiful […]