Slow down a bit and think this through. Yes your gasket has to do with oil pressure only if you let all your engine oil run out. If you have enough oil to read it on the dipstick, you could be very low on oil, but should still have oil pressure. What with all your messing around you probably knocked off the wire from your engine oil sender switch.. That happens when you clean an engine real good. Gaskets can leak, bolts or screws can get broken, but if you have oil in the engine, you probably have oil pressure when the engine is running. Make sure that you have oil in the engine. If you don't have oil presssure, you engine will sound awful in just a minute or two. Make sure your oil pressure sender has a wire connected to it.

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