Q: Whining noise coming from back left of car when not moving as well as moving

asked by on October 09, 2016

Hello, my car started making a whining noise that's coming from around the back left wheel, it happens when the car is stationary and mobile so I believe it could be the fuel pump but I don't know what else it could be

My car has 300000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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