Running dry! Give it a squirt with the long tube fitted to a Inox Lanox Lanateck lanolin based product..Just think of the thousands of times it has worked with no lube..Do the door catches,hinges at same time..I can't hack squeky car door hinges..Hate to admit it,but I have had visitors arrive with terrible squeaks,grinding noises as they step out of car..I have come down later on and lubed their hinges but never told them..Least I felt good.Good machines deserve good service..He's sic