Weird fuel leak

I have a pressure washer with a Briggs Intec 206 that wouldn't start for me so I tore into the carb to clean the needle valve was gummed up but now when I turn the fuel on it leaks from where the air cleaner bolts on I'm so confused and new to trying to repair small engines. It is leaking where my finger is sitting on top of.image.jpg

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Weird fuel leak