Hi all, here’s photo I took of my exhaust manifold. My car has had a very high squeal/ squeak for about 5-10 seconds at every cold start for awhile now. This looks to my like a bad gasket and soot above the stud. From videos I’ve compared with on YouTube of people who had broken exhaust studs, this sounds exactly the same as my car. Is it possible for the stud to be broken, but the nut still attached like my picture?
Thanks for any insight!