To prevent the car from stalling
You ONLY use the clutch brake when you're at a complete stop.
Brake Fluid Dot 3 Note: Brake and Clutch fluid are the same
it might not have any hydrolic fluid in the clutch master cylinder to engage the cluth or your clutch might me shot and just won't engage at all meaning you need a new one (was there a smell in the car right before you couldn't use clutch? that might of been the clutch burning up). don't quote me on all that I'm just telling you what you can check.
Yes, one reservoir is for brakes the other for the clutch. They both use brake fluid though.
It can be, a lot of hydraulic clutch systems do use DOT 3 or 4 brake fluid.
For the brake it's pretty obvious. You don't want the brake to stay on when you aren't braking, so you need the spring to push it back. For the clutch it's the same but in reverse. You want the clutch to stay on, except for when you're depressing the lever. The spring keeps the clutch on, until you use the lever to overcome the spring. Then when you release the lever the spring kicks in again, engaging the clutch.
Yes you can. That is what you are supposed to use.
I would first check the master cylinder, and slave cylinder. Not knowing anything about the auto, most use hydraulics to release and engage the clutch. A clutch disc will tend to slip when in higher gears when it starts showing signings of wear. Most car companies use dot 3 brake fluid in their clutch systems.
both are used for hydraulic pistons to create pressure against brake rotor/drum or clutch disc
The clutch does not use oil, it uses DOT3 brake fluid. The clutch cylinder gets its brake fluid from the brake cylinder and is directly below it. Add fluid to the master brake cyliinder reservoir.
All you need is BRAKE FLUID, DOT 3 fluid.
Cooling fans don't work all the time, they only come on when the engine has reached certain temperature or it has blown a fuse under the dash . For the Clutch it could be that the brake fluid is low and you need to bleed out any air in the line for the clutch as the brakes and the clutch use the same reservoir