MerCruiser Serpentine Belts

The spaces are often tight and the belt-driven devices difficult to reach. A serpentine belt is a modern drive belt or fan belt, and replacing it is a quick service with a cost that varies depending on your car.

A serpentine belt is a single, continuous belt used to drive multiple peripheral devices in an automotive engine, such as an alternator, power steering pump, water pump, compressor, air pump, etc. The serpentine belt is one long, snaking, winding belt that keeps your alternator, power steering pump, water pump running smoothly and effectively. We offer serpentine belts, drive belts and coolant hoses to keep your engine running and running cool. The belt may also be guided by an idler pulley and/or a belt tensioner (which may be spring-loaded, hydraulic, or manual). It powers the alternator, the power steering pump, the air conditioning compressor and, in some vehicles, the water pump. A typical serpentine belt start at around $25 and goes up to $75 at most. You can replace a serpentine belt with ordinary hand tools. In some engine designs the Mercury Marine outboard engine belt may also be used to drive other engine components such as the water pump and oil pump. The serpentine belt plays an essential role in running your car's systems, explains TheDrive.com. If you know some car repair basics, you could change the belt yourself, and it may save you paying labor charges somewhere between $75 and $120. The belt placement tool allowed us to remove and properly place the new belt without reaching down into the pulley area. All together, you're looking at around $100 to $195 to replace your serpentine belt.