Take the upper off and remove b/c/ch.
Inspect the gas tube "nub" visually.... is it cocked to one side or the other? If so - the most likely cause is that when you tightened the barrel nut - on side of the barrel nut lugs is pressing the tube over.... causing this issue. Sometimes, it can be a bent gas tube....
If you are sure it is the barrel nut... you can adjust it to better "float" the tube.... or you can bend the gas tube in front of the receiver... if the offset is very slight.
Then, remove your bolt from the carrier. Take the carrier and insert it into your upper.... work it back and forth and watch where it hits the tube, and which way the tube is moving. Some contact is inevitable. You just dont want it excessive.... because you will wear the carrier gas key prematurely.