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Originally Posted by slk230red
I had to replace one for that exact reason. The rubber was torn and shredded and wouldn't hold tension.
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One reason why I now no longer mess with the tensioner when doing any work under the hood. Not so much on the W124 but especially on the W210 I just "lift" the belt off the top pulley with my bare hands and leave the tensioner in place so as to disturb it as little as possible.