My 1987 honda accord smells like gas when opened

First advice: do not park the car in the garage until you've found the cause of the smell and fixed the leak. It takes very little gasoline vapour in a confined space to form an explosive mixture which could be detonated by a small static spark.

Do not start or use Vehicle. If in Garage, do not use the garage door opener. Manually open the door to Garage. Call tow truck with a flatbed. Have vehicle towed to open location.

There were some vehicles with Recalled gas tank straps. But anything could be wrong. The fix may be reasonable.

Call a Dealer with your Vin# to see if yours is an affected Recall.

it might be cuz the finder is bent

Check power going into the distributor, if you have no spark at the end of the wire.

I would check the crank sensor located on the bell housing. This senses that the engine is turning and allows a spark to be produced. No sensor no spark.

See if there is a leakage of engine oil that drops onto the exhaust manifold which give that smells.

sounds more like coolant getting in to your engine or a bad rad.if exhaust was dark and smells of oil then woud be rings allowing oil into engine white exhaust indicates water or coolant in engine I would have a reputable garage check this for you also check to see if you enginge block has streaks of oil onit and even outside fenders if this is so either exhaust problem could indicate a cracked block

useful info.

You did not clarify which motor you have. Here are both diagrams.

The fuel injected model:


And the carb model:

You need to change the clutch pads on the cars for a smoother drive...............