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I have done a clutch bleed on my Toyota Corolla e120 2006 because I had some difficulties shifting out of 1st gear, I bled it through the slave cylinder and I noticed the fluid was dark black, I was checking the fluid level of course, after clear fluid was coming without air I closed the valve and now my pedal is soft and doesn't push the slave cylinder at all ... after a lot of searching for the problem I have noticed this on the other side of the master cylinder reservoir

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the fluid doesnt flow into the compartment that goes to the clutch master cylinder (the brake fluid reservoir is common for the brakes and clutch) This is how it looks on the left side were I was looking when I was bleeding the valve.

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So now I have air in the clutch system, and a blocked master cylinder reservoir, what is the best way to fix this?

Hᴇʀʙɪᴇ
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There is an internal divider between the clutch side and the brake side, even though that might not be visible from the front. You will have to keep adding fluid after it looks like it's at the MAX mark so fluid can "waterfall" in the clutch side. If you fill too fast and go way past the max mark, suck out some of the excess fluid and dispose of it - there does need to be some empty space in the reservoir.

The reason for the two chambers is so that a leak in the clutch system won't drain all the fluid out of the reservoir and lead to brake failure. You can imagine how a small leak in the clutch would empty all the brake fluid if there was just one large chamber. I think you can even see this division on your top picture. Notice how the color is different to the right of the "X" in Max?

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