A library in my childhood town had a ThyssenKrupp Impulse that has a motor SO LOUD, the staff tried their best to try and reduce as many rides as possible! It wasn’t low on oil or anything, but it was a TERRIBLE type of motor as it vibrates the entire building and makes the lights flicker when it starts going up. The elevator itself was in pretty decent condition tho
I’m honestly very surprised how it was still in service after the last shot because this was horrible! Great video! I bet if my brother rode this, he’d be scared out of his mind, I’d be scared out of my mind honestly
Wish I could of seen the machine room or at least hear it when its low on oil. When it reached floor M and 2 it was probably bone dry. Also maybe there's an oil leak in the line or the piston.
Another Newer Series 5 that is LOW ON OIL!! Like the Public Storage Place in New York. AWESOME CAVITATION!! Hey Jowevator3219, I think this one beats the Dover Impulse Elevator at a Garage in Sacramento, California. This one's lower 😂😂 This is the LOW ON OIL #1 FIRST PLACE!!
@LittleRockElevators I remembered when i was in a airport in south bend when the elevator somehow fixed and loose oil... They never fix this thing and they need to mod this thing because krupy mods are good for me.
Now that it's 2 years later, how is this elevator holding up? And when it was low on fluid (in a rather misbehaving manner), did you by any chance report this elevator problem to anyone, so they could have it replaced?
I wondered what the hydraulic machine looks like during this. Especially the oil tank. Must of been bone dry as at reached the top. Also it must have a bad oil leak if it's that low on oil!
Well you know the elevator is sounds really good but once you reach level M hold on tight! You’re in for an earthquake! That is so bad and poorly maintained it is unbelievable!
What were the 2 key switches below the fire cabinet? Also interesting that there's no door close button, is there a door close button in the fire cabinet, or do they have to hold the button to close the door.
Maybe there's a leaking hydraulic cylinder jack and the library don't care to go through the expense of replacing the hydraulics, and just has more oil added every once in a while when they get complaints of it.
So those last couple times, the oil would affect the elevator starting at M. Is the distance between M and 2 the same as the other floors? It looks like it was a whole floor low.
It's sill there, was over there 3 months ago and it's still there, likely not going anywhere since it's still getting new stores and a apartment on the property where Sears was.
@@LocoRails79 Oh. So maybe they are some type of otis lantern which matches the epco lanterns except on the epco lantern is green for up and red for down.
This.....this is.... AMAZING!
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Jowevator 3219 we figured you’d like it :D
Agreed
I agree to bad its low on oil
Time for an oil change! Hope it's under 36k miles.
Probably so, considering it’s an OTIS from the post Lexan era.
A library in my childhood town had a ThyssenKrupp Impulse that has a motor SO LOUD, the staff tried their best to try and reduce as many rides as possible! It wasn’t low on oil or anything, but it was a TERRIBLE type of motor as it vibrates the entire building and makes the lights flicker when it starts going up. The elevator itself was in pretty decent condition tho
Oh dang. Sounds like the starter wasn't good for the building lol
@@stlelevators Either the starter or the motor was on its last leg, drawling way higher amperage than it should
It's elevaTERROR time!
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Terrorvator*
Elevatinator
Coastervator
Happy it was fixed because low on oil is very bad for the pump
at the first one i was like "woah!" but by the final take before it got fixed i was like "HOW IS THIS THING NOT OUT OF SERVICE ALREADY?!?!?!?!??!?"
@Safety Breaks, Lifts,Skyscraper Sim & More XD
I’m honestly very surprised how it was still in service after the last shot because this was horrible! Great video! I bet if my brother rode this, he’d be scared out of his mind, I’d be scared out of my mind honestly
Yeah it took them long enough to get out and fix it.
That Rumbling Noise Was Epic
5:15 I LOVE that !! I would love have a ride on a low on oil elevator a day.
I make that noise when i run out of Mountain Dew during the day...
LOL
LMFAO
XD
LOL
ROFL
Looks new. It's always funny to mess with a series 5.
It's from 2012.
My high school had a series 5 with the outer number indication on all floors
Wow, that is terrible that is the new record for low on oil elevators, guess that one is hydraulic and airdraulic.
It's the worst I've ever seen anywhere.
@@stlelevators Yeah especially since it doesn't have enough oil for a full ride to floor 2
What school is this?
Am I the only one who loves series 5 chimes
Nope
+JBush
Far from it.
I like them too.
J Bush I have a Series 5 at my School 😂😂 it's older tho
J Bush series 5 chimes definitely have my approval
This is my first Otis Series 5 elevator is low on oil I ever heard! :D
Me too. This was crazy.
Wish I could of seen the machine room or at least hear it when its low on oil. When it reached floor M and 2 it was probably bone dry. Also maybe there's an oil leak in the line or the piston.
Me 2
Another Newer Series 5 that is LOW ON OIL!! Like the Public Storage Place in New York. AWESOME CAVITATION!! Hey Jowevator3219, I think this one beats the Dover Impulse Elevator at a Garage in Sacramento, California. This one's lower 😂😂 This is the LOW ON OIL #1 FIRST PLACE!!
haha
Agreed
@LittleRockElevators I remembered when i was in a airport in south bend when the elevator somehow fixed and loose oil... They never fix this thing and they need to mod this thing because krupy mods are good for me.
And I thought the Major Taylor parking garage was bad
Major Taylor isn’t THAT bad LOL
Well someone screwed up if they waited a week to finally put oil in the darn thing!! Hopefully nobody got stuck in there before they fixed it...
I don’t think anyone got stuck, but it must have scared some people!
I can't believe this. At least it got fixed.
Nah, that’s just me in the bathroom next to the elevator after eating taco bell
But there’s not a bathroom by the elevator.... 🤔
Oh fuck did I poop in the closet again
Go use the elevator with a toilet inside lol
tkefan29 Like the Vintage Salem Freight Elevator
Taco Bell in a nutshell XD
We all know who will like this
Justin :)
hehehehehehe
+TXMNElevators lmao
And many more
TXMN Elevators Of course and so do I!!
Yep I can definitely see him loving this video
Nice cab! Quite low on oil!
Good thing it wasn't you who got stuck. 😂
What do they do in the tech building, Techy stuff, electronics?
Yep :P
@@stlelevators does this school have a website?
Now that it's 2 years later, how is this elevator holding up? And when it was low on fluid (in a rather misbehaving manner), did you by any chance report this elevator problem to anyone, so they could have it replaced?
I have not ridden it since I moved onto another school. They did fix it in the end, so my guess is it's running like normal.
Great video!
Thanks!
Might be something to be low on oil and it was shaking..
I wondered what the hydraulic machine looks like during this. Especially the oil tank. Must of been bone dry as at reached the top. Also it must have a bad oil leak if it's that low on oil!
Not bone dry as the pump doesn’t take in the oil from the bottom, but I bet the impeller would be splashing oil *EVERYWHERE!*
Well you know the elevator is sounds really good but once you reach level M hold on tight! You’re in for an earthquake! That is so bad and poorly maintained it is unbelievable!
At least it’s fixed now.
STL Elevators yep, but they could’ve at least fixed it a little sooner before it got that bad
What were the 2 key switches below the fire cabinet? Also interesting that there's no door close button, is there a door close button in the fire cabinet, or do they have to hold the button to close the door.
Light and inspection. There is a door close button inside the fire service cabinet.
@@stlelevators Ok, that would make sense, I wonder if it would work in regular service.
That jack must have one hell of a leak.
around the 7:30 mark in the video I am suprised it made it all the way up. I sure didn't think it was going to
That elevator is REALLY REALLY LOW ON OIL!
I agree
That’s so cool that you can take the elevator in school my school has 2 elevators and they’re both key card locked
Worse then the dover elevator at Howard Johnson in Salem VA?
Way worse
I love this one, I One I haven’t seen a low on oil elevator in my whole tire life
Did you notify the school about it?
They fixed it in the end.
I make that same noise when I run out of Mountain Dew during the day…
Where was this located? St Louis?
There's a really good clue in the video actually... (it's Saturday... here's a little adventure for you...)
Someone replied to you, UltraEric-style.
Glad a fan didn't ruin it!
Me too!
Maybe there's a leaking hydraulic cylinder jack and the library don't care to go through the expense of replacing the hydraulics, and just has more oil added every once in a while when they get complaints of it.
That's always possible.
I do not like how the elevator has to suffer like this being on low on oil.
Yep
5:16 is literally my grades halfway though the school year.
Time to replace it with a Gen2 FRIRND!!!!!
Even better yet, a Gen2 MR!
@@OPG2711 mrls good LOL
But that costs money xD
More than it should.
KONE Eco Disc
That Elevator was Rumbley and Shakey
It has been fixed.
The Elevator Cables Will Snap And The Other Elevator Parts will Break
There are no cables on a hydraulic elevator.
Oh Ok
So those last couple times, the oil would affect the elevator starting at M. Is the distance between M and 2 the same as the other floors? It looks like it was a whole floor low.
M and 2 are only about 8-10 steps apart.
@@stlelevators So is that normal height for a floor or is it shorter than others?
@@clayhouseholder9309 Shorter
everytime i rode one in sears it was extremly low on oil
OH dear
EPIC MOTOR!
yknow except the low oil noises, those are severely unpleasant
It has the typical sounding motor for this type of elevator.
What typically causes an elevator to be low on oil
Everybody gangsta until elevator starts to be a bathroom that comes right out of Taco Bell
Edit: Taco Bell be like:
That pump was ready to stop working...
@Awesome Will They can only do that if the pump breaks beyond repair.
@dieselducy, how do you think that elevator is horribly bad shape
5:15 That sounded like it was about to start a fire! Was it sucking in air?
Yes it was sucking air.
Epic motor... Fail?!
That Was A Big Jolt Going Down And It Scares Me
This thing is running a lot better now.
So It Doesn't Make That Jolt Anymore
LOW ON OIL!!
This thing was insanely low on oil.
Your school library has multiple floors?
It has 2.
Oh man, that thing sounds terrible! the elevator itself is quite nice though.
It is a nice elevator. This was the only issue I ever saw with it.
Something is scratched up...
they fixed the door too. It was very noisy
series 5? regular lantern?
The machine room wouldn’t happen to be outside would it??
No it’s inside.
Is it a hydrofit
Oh a MRL hydraulic? There is a access door to the shaft where the power unit and pump is!
@@qeelevators2960 There is no such thing as MRL Hydraulic
@@mickeyandminnieproductions6574 yes there is
If I owned an elevator, it'd be a traction so I don't have to worry about refueling it with hydraulic fluid.
They aren’t supposed to leak.
I think that's an otis series 5
Ah Otis Series 5 + evil red lantern = C R I T I C A L L Y L O W O N O I L lol
This has gotten a lot worse for an Otis
After M it gets so low on oil
Otis without no door close button
There is one in the fire cabinet.
@@stlelevatorsI was talking about the main controls.
sometime soon the fox valley mall is getting torn down :(
It's sill there, was over there 3 months ago and it's still there, likely not going anywhere since it's still getting new stores and a apartment on the property where Sears was.
The beginning sounds the ones that are not the louder noises sounded like the polar express
You should of reported it
Was this always an Otis?
Yes
@@stlelevators Is this original?
Yes
@@stlelevators who maintains this?
@@Elevatorboy886 Otis I believe
5:04 That’s crazy!
A series 5 with Red Series 1 Inside lanterns
They’re not called Series 1 lanterns.
@@LocoRails79 Oh. So maybe they are some type of otis lantern which matches the epco lanterns except on the epco lantern is green for up and red for down.
Woah did you felt that?
I felt it... it was very rough.
@@stlelevators This elevator does need some help
That thing sounds like the inside of the titanic as it hit the ice berg
Too bad it wasn’t glass
330 comment!
Cavitating
Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laughing reaction
It's an otis
Whoa
Otis
DEATH TRAP
Yeah it was bad.
I won't like Otis gen3 elevator
They aren’t anything exciting
Oil level:
00:00:31: Low
00:02:05: Very low
00:03:23: SEVERELY LOW
00:05:00: VIOLENTLY LOW
00:06:55: *C* *R* *I* *T* *I* *C* *A* *L*
00:08:32: average
This thing was so bad.
@@stlelevators I can tell lol
I would say that the worst elevator on RUclips.
LOL
Series 5 with Series 1 lanterns! Legitimately ridiculous!
Yeah it’s interesting.
Temple 92 Every NEW Otis's use them
God the pit has to be filled with oil and leaking drips every minute or so.
You should’ve checked the pit with a flashlight! I bet there would be half a foot of oil or more down there!
I found a elevator this same amount low on oil maybe a little worse
How much did the cab smell like oil? Was the pit filled with oil!.
It didn't smell like oil.
Did the elevator smell like oil?
Sounds like it got so bad now it needs a new impeller
UMMMMMMM THAT IS BAD