spare gauges

[8buck]

I recently came back from a aborted dive in hollywood fl. started to empty out my gear bag and noticed a oil type substance on my gear. I carry a spare set of gauges along with two other set ups in seperate reg bags. so i only have that spare set in my gear bag. can they get a oil leak if they are filled with a type of oil. I hooked them up to one of my tanks and the pressure gauge works. and the compass seems to be working but the glass in the compass seems to have a wet look on it on the inside... Has anyone else had a situation similar?

 

[Charlie99]

Most compasses do have an oily liquid inside.

You can easily detect whether or not any has leaked out by simply tilting the compass upside down, then slowly right side up such that you move the bubble up to the top.

Charlie

 

[8buck]

Yeah done that and figured it was my compass. It somhow leaked out. But oh well who needs a compass right lol...