sump sealant for gearbox cap?

[davidwort 0]

got a small leak on the cap on the bottom of the 02A gearbox (under the selector tower), looks like the cap has been off before, sealant looks messily applied and squeezing out, anyone know if a sump sealant would do the job?

the loctite stuff from halfords or the Dirco Elring stuff that GSF do seems to cover this sort of use?

http://www.gsfcarparts.com/982vg0010

 

or

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_173106_langId_-1_categoryId_255217

 

 

I actually need some to redo the pan on my mk4 (alloy sump which uses sealant not a gasket), so need some anyway and can't be bothered to deal with the local vw dealer and to pay through the nose for the VW stuff, I know some people will only use the VW sealant, but how different can it be?

BTW, I had a new genuine alloy sump after a piece of metal dropped by an HGV punctured the old one and the genuine VW sealant applied by the garage (some years back) is leaking, although I think they rushed the application and didn't clean the surfaces properly :roll: