Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended									3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	6 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Brazil [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member] Domestic Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Letter of Credit [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Letter of Credit [Member] Foreign Line of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2010 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 15, 2012 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 12, 2012 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Brazil [Member] BRL	Mar. 20, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 20, 2014 Antitrust indirect purchaser [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Corporate Segment [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Minimum [Member] Corporate Segment [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Maximum [Member] Corporate Segment [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Grafton Facility [Member] monitoring_well	Jun. 30, 2014 Grafton Facility [Member] USD ($) residence	Jun. 30, 2014 Loss From Discontinued Operations [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 Cash payment [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Medical, dental and vision insurance [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Payment to former employee	$ 835,000		$ 835,000
Period of benefit																											20 months	18 months
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse						3,200,000	12,100,000	0	0
Purchase commitments			20,500,000		22,000,000
Discount rate						5.20%	5.90%
Outstanding letters of credit										3,400,000	3,200,000	5,000,000	7,900,000
Settlement amount														7,000,000
Adjusted notice and administrative costs															150,000
Amount in controversy																1,000,000
Claim alleged total estimated damages																		63,000,000
Percent of plaintiff's total purchases in Europe																		15.00%
Settlement amount																	1,500,000		250,000
Settlement payment period																	3 years
Environmental investigation activities period																					3 months	6 months
Environmental reserve for sold building	0	0	1,200,000	0																1,200,000					200,000
Term of remediation cost cap insurance																							30 years
Remediation cost cap insurance																							100,000,000
Environmental Site Liability insurance																							20,000,000
Environmental remediation	$ 6,500,000		$ 6,500,000		$ 2,400,000															$ 2,000,000						$ 3,100,000
Number of additional monitoring wells																								3
Number of residences for sampling results of vapor intrusion																									15
Installed vapor mitigation systems, number of residences																									4
Off-site well monitoring period																								2 years