A halfway house - and a lot cheaper - might be to fix / recondition your turbo, or buy a reconditioned one from a specialist or get one from a lower-mileage car from a breaker. Lots of turbo specialists around who can help - a new one from a dealer sounds a bit of overkill on a high-mileage car. A good indy garage will be much cheaper than a dealer and either sort it all out for you or fit anything you have reconditioned / buy. In terms of cleaning out the exhaust, on my old e39 BMW 530d after fitting a new turbo the general advice was to drive it until the smoke cleared, apparently it usually did before too long.
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