Q: Noise when shutting off car

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Jake L

on July 03, 2017

Hello, So my problem is when I start my car there is this sound almost like a squeal but hard to explain. It seems to happen after the engine is warmed up and you hear it the loudest when you shut the vehicle off. You can sometimes hear it at idle but it soon goes away. This started happening about 3 days ago. Today, i sprayed some water on the belts near the radiator fan and then switched the car off. The noise didn't seem as loud. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the belts but while i was stopped at a local gas station, they had a mechanic there and I thought i'd ask him what his opinion was and he thought it could be a Vacuum leak and not the belts but i'm not convinced. I posted a video of the noise on youtube, here is the link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H3gxQNBm71g&ebc=ANyPxKpwdFYyECpmMawymWr156p0lhSvXMHfViiM4xjIDOnVAuX7NGjD2eWQFlkQ7YCvWMWtmjKI6hr0pQS0peaDOYfe9UbzFQ

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

2010 Range Rover Sport Supercharged

My car has 110560 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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