My 1997 CC Allure has a PRXB Pacbrake, exhaust brake which replace the original sometime around 2005. The coach now has 67000 miles on it of which I have put about the last 36,000 on it. The engine ...
The sound of air escaping when the exhaust brake is applied could certainly indicate a leak upstream of the exhaust brake.
Don't understand how a solenoid or cylinder could cause that sound. If either were defective (or wiring to them) the exhaust brake would not close and there would be no back pressure and reasonably no sound of air escaping.