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Car makes ringing/jingling sound when starting, and runs weakly

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Old Jan 14, 2020 | 12:44 PM
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Car makes ringing/jingling sound when starting, and runs weakly

Hi guys, posting for a friend because I'm absolutely perplexed. I don't have access to the car but I will in a few hours. There is no way to really describe it so check out the video attached. Any ideas what it could be?
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Old Jan 14, 2020 | 08:54 PM
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Put it on jack stands and get underneath it while starting it. Sounds like a loose plate/bracket (flex plate window) or something. Upload to YouTube and link from here on out. You're not getting a response because nobody wants to download your viruses.
Old Jan 20, 2020 | 11:50 AM
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I've been researching with no progress, here is the YouTube link User1 suggested:
Old Jan 20, 2020 | 11:54 AM
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Also, the car now sounds like it's wanting to stall while idling (it goes "vroom bububub vroom bububub vroom"). Oil seems to be leaking from a sensor in the timing chain cover on the left? Not sure if that is related to my problem or not...
Old Jan 28, 2020 | 10:32 AM
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For anyone that stumbles upon this, the culprit was the AC compressor going out. It supposedly still wants to stall every so often but the ringing was 100% from the compressor.
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