Steady drip from mag compass housing

[Stetson20]

Took off this morning for a short out and back from KHEG-KSSI (Jacksonville area to just north of Jekyll Island). On the way back, I noticed what appeared to be water dripping from my mag compass. It was the oil? (kerosene?) from the mag compass. One drip about every 3 minutes or so. Enough to bother/worry/annoy me  Anyway I let my maintenance shop know. Any thoughts from the gallery?

The compass was reading accurately, so on landing, I improvised with a sock and a walmart bag over the compass until the mechanic can take a look at it.

TIA

[N201MKTurbo]

It will eventually stop dripping.

It is certainly the diaphragm. They eventually crack with age. 
 

It is a $10 fix for a capable hangar elf. Or a $200 fix from an instrument shop. 

[LANCECASPER]

1 hour ago, Stetson20 said:

Took off this morning for a short out and back from KHEG-KSSI (Jacksonville area to just north of Jekyll Island). On the way back, I noticed what appeared to be water dripping from my mag compass. It was the oil? (kerosene?) from the mag compass. One drip about every 3 minutes or so. Enough to bother/worry/annoy me  Anyway I let my maintenance shop know. Any thoughts from the gallery?

The compass was reading accurately, so on landing, I improvised with a sock and a walmart bag over the compass until the mechanic can take a look at it.

TIA

This is why Mooney stopped installaing the compass in the glareshield assembly and put it back on the post like it had been before. Kerosene leaking on top of your electronics is not a good thing. At least on the post you see it right away.

Simple fix.  https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/pnpages/10-08000.php

[N201MKTurbo]

I've always noticed it as a wet spot on my right knee.

 

[EricJ]

After having to reseal mine and then getting tired of the plastic mount getting broken too frequently, I replaced it with a dry compass.   Have not missed the juice compass at all.

[PT20J]

The previous owner installed a vertical card compass. I like it. And when I swung it, it was within 2deg all the way around the compass rose. 
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[Fly Boomer]

54 minutes ago, PT20J said:

The previous owner installed a vertical card compass. I like it. And when I swung it, it was within 2deg all the way around the compass rose. 
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In the panel?

[PT20J]

22 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

In the panel?

No, mounted in the same location as the original.