Commitments and Contingencies (Details)			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Mar. 20, 2014	Mar. 20, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2013 monitoring_well	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 residence	Sep. 30, 2014 monitoring_well	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 EUR (€) residence	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) residence	Jun. 30, 2015 BRL residence	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse				$ 3,800,000					$ 3,800,000			$ 3,700,000
Purchase Commitment, Remaining Minimum Amount Committed				17,200,000					17,200,000			19,200,000
Environmental reserve for sold building				0			$ 0		0		$ 1,200,000
Environmental remediation				$ 5,100,000					$ 5,100,000			$ 5,700,000
Brazil [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Discount rate				11.80%					11.80%			8.50%
Europe [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Discounted receivables sold with limited recourse				$ 0					$ 0			$ 0
Letter of Credit [Member] | UNITED STATES | Domestic Line of Credit [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Outstanding letters of credit				6,200,000					6,200,000			6,400,000
Canadian Antitrust Lawsuits [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Loss contingency accrual				500,000					$ 500,000
Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] | Brazil [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Claim alleged total estimated damages | BRL										BRL 1,000,000
Compressor Industry Antitrust Investigation [Member] | Europe [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Claim alleged total estimated damages | €								€ 63,000,000
Percent of plaintiff's total purchases in Europe								15.00%	15.00%	15.00%
Settlement amount		$ 1,500,000
Settlement payment period	3 years
Atlantic Industrie [Member] | Europe [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Insurance Coverage | €								€ 3,500,000
Claim alleged total estimated damages | €								16,715,109
InsuranceDeductible | €								€ 60,000
Tecumseh Michigan Facility [Member] | Corporate Segment [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Environmental remediation				1,200,000					$ 1,200,000
Sheboygan River and Harbor Superfund Site [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Term of remediation cost cap insurance								30 years	30 years	30 years
Remediation cost cap insurance									$ 100,000,000
Environmental Site Liability insurance				20,000,000					$ 20,000,000
Grafton Facility [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Number of additional monitoring wells | monitoring_well			3			4
Number of residences for sampling results of vapor intrusion | residence								15	15	15
Installed vapor mitigation systems, number of residences | residence								4	4	4
Off-site well monitoring period			2 years
Vapor intrusion investigation, additional offsite properties | residence					9
nonUS [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Outstanding letters of credit				$ 14,100,000					$ 14,100,000			$ 16,200,000