fuel warning indicator on 2001 Corolla

[guyl]

Hello all

I'm a newbie here.

I just purchased a 2001 Corolla CE Automatic with all the trimings last friday. I currenlty have 118000 KM's on the car.

The gas warning indicator light came on and off for a little while then started to come on more.

I know that the tank can take like 49.5L in total, when I filled it up, it took 36L. Is this normal? How do I know for sure when the light is really on? When the light does come on for real, how much fuel is left in the tank?

Thanks for your help.

[Burger_AE102]

G'day,
I've got a 97 corolla.. on that the fuel light comes on with about 38-40L gone out of a 45 odd L tank. I can drive nearly 100kms on the warning light. But what your describing sounds a lot bigger, could be a model difference, but I'd suggest that maybe you're over estimating the tank size a little, is it really 49.5L?

[guyl]

Hello

Actualy the Manual says 50L tank. But I think if you do the math it's more like 49.5 ich. I guess I might not be used to the ligh coming on and off. My old car, when the ligh came on, it stayed.

Thanks