Cracked Manifold?

[SueHarada]

replaced both of mine, OEM is crap, go with BD Diesel. excellent workmanship, Do the work yourself, not hard at all. but uh, since Trump took over, good luck getting that product out of Canada

 

[Burnie]

It's not likely that you can tell the difference between the sound of a broken exhaust stud or a cracked manifold. From my time in 4th and 5th gen forums I will say that it's more common to see broken studs on 4th gens and it's more common to see cracked manifolds on 5th gens. But those two issues are not mutually exclusive, meaning you could have either one happen on either generation. The only way to tell for sure is to start taking it apart until you can verify which one it is.

Yes and exhaust leak is an exhaust leak. I am not concerned which one just that I have a leaked near the head. I'll look into some options I guess!