Financial Instruments Automotive Narrative (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended							9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts	Sep. 30, 2013 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts	Sep. 30, 2014 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts	Sep. 30, 2013 Energy Segment [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Interest rate swap contracts	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity contracts	Dec. 31, 2013 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Commodity contracts	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] Sales Revenue, Goods, Net [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] number_of_customers	Sep. 30, 2014 Automotive Segment [Member] VCS [Member] Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] number_of_customers	Sep. 30, 2014 Foreign exchange contracts Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Foreign exchange contracts Automotive Segment [Member] Federal-Mogul [Member] Cash Flow Hedging [Member]
Derivative [Line Items]
Realized loss on interest rate swaps reclassified from AOCI into interest expense	$ (1)	$ 1	$ 1	$ 1
Notional value of interest rate swap agreements	63		63		39	51						2	12
Unrealized net gains (losses) on price hedge contracts							1	(1)
Unrealized net gains on foreign currency hedge contracts								$ (1)	$ 0
Number of customers accounting for more than 6% of direct sales										0	2
Concentration of risk threshold, percentage of direct sales										6.00%
Concentration threshhold, balance sheet											15.00%