VSOT and oil filters?

[DracoFelis]

I did a few searches, but didn't turn up anything on this topic yet. So if this has already been answered, please excuse the questions of a newbe here...

A lot of people on this board seem to like adding a little VSOT to their oil, apparently for the Moly benefit. But what I've read on the net says that Moly is a solid lubricant, not a liquid one. And oil filters (especially good bypass oil filters, like some of us use) are designed to remove solids out of the oil stream...

So, does anyone know the interactions of VSOT and good oil filters? Does the VSOT just get caught in the oil filter, and therefore do no good (and just fill up the oil filter that much faster)? If not, what does happen?

 

[BrianWC]

The size of the molecules is too small for the filters. Most motor oil additives are solids of some sort.

http://bobistheoilguy.com/moly.html

 

[mechtech]

There IS a type of moly that would clog up, and not be suitable for engines.
VSOT, and many other oil additives, have the good stuff.

 

[BrianWC]

Yep, that old stuff'd be like using krex or something.