Exhaust leak assistance please

[Dadsvette1981]

Good morning,
I have what I think is a strange issue.
Definitely have an exhaust leak under the hood of my 4.0 exploder.

No ticking that my Super Man strength hearing can hear.

Using a flashlight at dusk, it Looks to be coming from the passenger side top rear of the engine. A lot.

there are 2 places that siphons off exhaust for the environmentalist wacco’s. I removed and plugged the easy one and still leaking.

are these common exhaust leaks? Without any ticking and the volume of exhaust leaking, I’ve kinda counted out a cracked manifold or gasket.

thanks in advance

 

[drdoom]

Check EGR & DPFE, the DPFE hose cracks sometimes. But I am not real familiar with the later model SOHC, mine is a 1997.

 

[Mbrooks420]

Honestly I entirely lost interest after “environmental waccos”.