Installing Cylinder Sleeves. Damaged and worn cast iron and aluminum engine blocks have long been repaired using dry sleeves. Installing a repair sleeve can often save the block if a cylinder has excessive taper wear, or is cracked, scored or otherwise damaged, and boring out the damaged cylinder.
If you have a collagen vascular disease, your immune system causes inflammation in your collagen and nearby joints. Several collagen vascular diseases, including lupus, scleroderma, and rheumatoid arthritis, are more common in women than in men. This group of diseases usually affects adults in their 30s and 40s.
1 The stress to the body caused by this disease can also lead to inflammation elsewhere. 2  Vaslculitis-refers to a group of disorders in which inflammation eventually destroys blood vessels, both arteries and veins. 3  Transplant rejection-there is already substantial inflammation caused by the transplant operation.