Fuel light

Just a quick question, my fuel light seems to come on all the time when cornering quite hard, even if i have say 1/2 to 3/4 of a tank of fuel. Is that normal? When i bought the truck the light didn't work at all so i replaced the sender plus i also had to replace the tank as it was leaking.

Bump. 25 views and no one can tell me if their hijet does the same?

ive got a 1,3 16v van from 2000, i didnt even know that there was a light that comes on... 

lol, have you run yours until the petrol is low? They are quite common to fail from what ive read.

Most people on here have vans.

Pickups have an even shallower tank than a van making their fuel gauge and light even more bonkers.

Corners, hills, acceleration, braking, cruising on the motorway - they all make the fuel gauge tell big lies.

Get to about half a tank, then the fuel light pops up every now and again.

What I do, is I just don't worry about it

I drive until the gauge has been on its arse for a fair bit, then I put another full tank in it. So far in this Hijet I have not run out of petrol, and I can normally fit about 25 litres in it.

Thanks for the reply

My gauge tends to stay pretty still but just the light flashes, but if thats the normal i wont't worry about it. I was just wondering if there wasn't something quite right but you've put my mind at rest.

when i get to about 1/4 tank the light comes on under brakeing and at roundabouts, when gauge is at emptie the light doesnt stay on untill ive done about 20 miles, when i changed the tank the other week light was comeing on frequent and gauge almost at emptie so i geussed there was about 1/2 gallon in tank, when i drained it there was well over a gallon probely a tenners worth

There is a fuel light?
Not only the indicator?

Yes, apparently it is common for it not to work, usually caused by corroded wiring at the fuel sender. But of course it may just be a blown bulb too.

Im not sure but I don't think 993cc hijets have a fuel light.

Neither of mine have. Think fuel lights only on 1.3's.

yeah we got all mod cons on the 1.3 lol

To be honest, you're not missing out, it's a nuisance. Thinking about disconnecting mine