Recently changed the map & tps sensors. Not throwing codes. problem is when it first starts up it usually stalls. Just once. Sometimes not at all. Checked for vacuum leaks. Didn't find any. Also I have a coolant smell,but haven't found a leak seems to run normal. Any ideas?

The stalling sounds like a sticky or dirty IAC.

Coolant smell could come from a number of things, overflow that is slowly steaming off or if it is a coolant smell on the inside, it could be a slow leak on the heater core or lines to it.

Look in to your TB and UIM and see if you have coolant. and I would clean your IAC

help me with the intials i'm a might lame. Heater core is already bypassed. Using a actron scanner 9175 (?) Freeze readings aren't being accessed by computer,do we even have that option on '97?

IAC refers to your idle air control, it meters air at idle and startup, whenever your throttle body is closed basically

TB = Throttle body

UIM = upper intake manifold (plenum) you want to pull the intake tube off your throttle body, take a flashlight, and look down it while holding the throttle open. If you see coolant, that is the problem he is referring to.

heater core is bypassed? How do you heat your car?

Either way, a small amount of coolant can make a LOT of odor believe it or not. You could possibly be looking for a very small leak, or even just some that was spilled in a place that air moves over so you continually smell it.

Florida.

Although after that latest cold snap, I bet he'* regretting it.

not me the wife'* got her for the moment! don't ask

crap, I have been living in the northern plains too long

Hell has finally frozen over.