Commitments and Contingencies (Details)	3 Months Ended							3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Brazil [Member]	Dec. 31, 2014 Brazil [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 Europe [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Brazil [Member] BRL	Mar. 20, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 20, 2014 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 Atlantic Industrie [Member] Europe [Member] EUR (€)	Mar. 31, 2015 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Corporate Segment [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] Minimum [Member] Corporate Segment [Member]	Mar. 31, 2015 Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site [Member] USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 Grafton Facility [Member] monitoring_well	Mar. 31, 2015 Grafton Facility [Member] residence	Mar. 31, 2015 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 nonUS [Member] Letter of Credit [Member] USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Insurance Coverage												€ 3,500,000
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse	3,300,000		3,700,000			0	0
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed	22,800,000		19,200,000
Discount rate				8.50%	8.50%
Outstanding letters of credit																		14,500,000	16,200,000
Claim alleged total estimated damages								1,000,000			63,000,000	16,715,109
InsuranceDeductible												60,000
Percent of plaintiff's total purchases in Europe											15.00%
Settlement amount									1,500,000
Settlement payment period										3 years
Environmental investigation activities period														3 months
Environmental reserve for sold building	0	1,200,000
Term of remediation cost cap insurance															30 years
Remediation cost cap insurance															100,000,000
Environmental Site Liability insurance															20,000,000
Environmental remediation	$ 5,400,000		$ 5,700,000										$ 1,500,000
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