2004 Renault Clio Smoke blowing from exhaust

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2004 RENAULT CLIO
6 CYL
4WD
MANUAL
71,000 MILES

I recently had the timing belt replaced on my 2004 clio dci 1.5 and it also had a full service. When driving it home from garage smoke started blowing from exhaust when I slowed down at junctions and then acellerating off. I've since returned the car to the garage where they said they'd changed the oil to a different gradient but it had made no difference. Now they tell me that it could be the turbo letting in oil but the car was running normally before I had the work done so why would it be that the turbo is to blame

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DAVE H

MECHANIC
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What colour is the smoke ? if it is white it could be from excess water in the exhaust being burned and will clear ... if indeed it is the turbo and this was working correctly before the repair then the garage may have distrubed something or not replaced something correctly ....it is upto the garage to locate and repair the fault, unless they can prove this was not as a result of their repairs !!

hope this helps