Start engine. Get underneath, stick your hand up and around the end of the exhaust manifold, where it meets the Y-pipe. If you burn your hand on the escaping exhaust gas, the donut seal is cooked.
Good luck, it'll be no fun getting that apart.
Photos from the same repair on my shorty headers:
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Because the remains of the original bolts are still stuck in the cylinder head?