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SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: Stealership Serpentine Belt Replacement Cost

Old Apr 20, 2020 | 05:00 PM
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Stealership Serpentine Belt Replacement Cost

Replaced my serpentine belt this past weekend at a cost of 30 minutes and $30 delivered from FCP Euro. I was curious to know the cost to replace at local stealerships. I left messages this morning at two, but heard back from neither. Interesting. Anyone else have recent experience for how much they charge? I’m always trying to tally my DIY savings.
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Old Apr 20, 2020 | 05:11 PM
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Was it difficult and did you use any procedure documents? My car is getting up there in mileage have done a lot of preventative maintenance recently. Thanks in advance.
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Old Apr 20, 2020 | 05:44 PM
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Here’s a step-by-step post on another sub-forum, which made it more complicated than it actually is: https://mbworld.org/forums/w211-amg/...-belt-diy.html
It helps if you have good strength to turn your wrench all the way on the tensioner bolt. No need to use a locking pin. A quick search was all it took to find a routing diagram (below), which was easy to follow.
Coincidentally, the old belt looked just fine after I pulled it off. 55K miles. I’m happy to help out if you dive in and run into any issues.



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Old Apr 21, 2020 | 02:26 PM
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Probably an hour of labor and whatever the book price is on a OE Genuine belt...so I would estimate $200-300.
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