yamaha 50 maintenance

I have a 2005 Yamaha 50 that really does not have many hours on it at all. A friend of mine told me i definately needed to change the oil in the foot. He also said I should replace the water pump, even though it is working fine. Should i replace those things & is there something else i need to do maintenance wise? Thanks!!

I wouldn’t change a waterpump once a year unless i was running in alot of mud & sand. Did mine on my 200 & it had been 4yrs or so & it looked good as new. Foot oil is easy to do & do it about twice a year on both.

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what he said and
change plugs yearly
do a carbon treatment yearly

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If you run Seafoam every time you gas up, do you still need to do an annual carbon treatment?

yes, but I think seafoam every fuel up may be a bit overkill

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Is that bad? What would you recommend, how often?