CRAZY Low On Oil Montgomery Hydraulic Freight Elevator Machine Room!

This was taken in January of 2021. This elevator had been low on oil since November 2020 and as you can see, the pump was leaking BADLY! The entire floor of the machine room was covered in hydraulic fluid. When the elevator got to the top, you can hear how violent it sounds, and you can hear the oil spraying out from the pump! YIKES. Currently, this elevator is low on oil again and has been since mid-December 2021. I guess they fill the tank just enough to almost get through the year lmaoooo.
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[@TheJDLonline]

The elevator at my office building did the same thing 4 years ago. I had told the day porter to remind the property manager that the elevator was tripping the last 6 inches before landing. They never did anything until one day the elevator gave out. The property manager had to fork up more money just to fix the hydraulic pump than if they had just topped it off. Now, the machine has an upgrade to a higher horsepower electric motor. The elevator operates much quicker going up or down. Glad it was fixed!

[@Thecaliforniaelevatorchannel]

Oil is all over the floor

[@QEElevators]

This thing is an abosulute fucking death trap. You can HEAR THE OIL SPRAYING OUT THE PUMP (as you mentioned) and the floor is COVERED in oil. Ive only seen something like this two times where the floor had oil everywhere. One of them leaked the entire tank out and it got a fully mod by TKE (Rip MontyKone) and the other got a new seal because it was only from 2001. The other had EECO power units which ive found to be very leaky and unreliable.

[@NyxKemo]

I see why it’s low on oil, the machine room floor is almost fully covered with oil

[@Dana_Danarosana]

That might not be a leak. The fluid has a milky appearance like it's been boiled from the pump getting too hot. I think it overflows the reservoir at the bottom floor from expansion when it gets hot from heavy use.

[@QEElevators]

Nah the seals just fully dead on the pump

[@EWPA14]

I don't think I've ever seen an elevator low on oil from the machine room perspective.

[@QEElevators]

Inside the tank it’s interesting too. You can see the strainer get exposed and then the intense grinding noises

[@blueauraretriever]

Would be an epic & awesome lift to film indeed

[@CenTexElevators489]

Sadly, I think this power needs to be replaced, and if so, it should be replaced with a Minnesota Elevator (MEI), since they make outstanding elevator equipment.

[@CenTexElevators489]

@@drillerz28 Indeed, because if the cylinder was made before the early 1970s, it is most likely a single bottom cylinder, which could cause severe environmental, safety, and property problems, as well as cleanup and lawsuits.

[@QEElevators]

Yes it needs a new MEI dry power unit at the minimum. I would also replace the hydraulic jack too.

[@PNWElevatorAviation]

Sounds like Macy's Walt Whitman when they had the Original Motors

[@baelevatorsmore728]

Yikes, I’ve seen elevators low on oil but this thing seriously needs help (obviously not from Simon)! Normally it’s just a bad seal on the jack or something. Not the pump!

[@QEElevators]

The jack is harder to fix though. At least this is not too hard of a fix but Simon is of course too lazy to do it

[@UQRXD]

Oh my. It's a leaker. Belt drive what do you know.

[@ECFE]

Come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of OSHA violations…

[@1000BT]

1:32 old sunbeam mixmaster

[@SG118P]

Yeah I Wouldn't Enter If There Is Oil Leaked

[@mickeyandminnieproductions6574]

Wow, that's bad, I mean seriously

[@QEElevators]

I mean I could refill the tank myself even with all those jugs of oil in the motor room

[@mickeyandminnieproductions6574]

@@QEElevators Um ok XD

[@wns808]

That’s no way to leave a machine room. This is a major environmental and fire hazard. I sure hope the building owners fix the leak asap, get that hydraulic oil cleaned off the floor, and pray that a fire doesn’t occur in that machine room or near that area.

[@QEElevators]

I’ve seen a room with 4 inches of oil on the floor bc the impeller seals went out. At least they shut it off

[@wns808]

@@QEElevators That’s a lot of oil. Good thing they were smart to shut down the elevator

[@TechNerdNolan]

That’s really really bad lol - I think this is the first video on yt that’s a low on oil machine room video