Defender 300tdi - why has it died?!

I have a 110 300tdi, as i was driving, without warning it died. i found that it was the turbo pipe inner sleeve breaking away. I took the pipe off and it ran fine.
replaced pipe, its fine
sorry if this is way off the mark

You didn't mention if it has since restarted?

I'll have a look at the turbo pipe - thanks Wormey.

I hasn't restarted since, am going to try with a tiny squirt of Easy Start.

It was the alternator ... !

The front bearing on the alternator was shredded (lack of lubricant?), and the unit had seized - acting as a brake on the engine via the auxiliary belt.

I though I heard a screech when it died - and that's what was screaming.

At the time I was changing down while approaching a roundabout, and it must have happened while my foot was off the accelerator, allowing the belt to stop the engine, and prevent it from re-starting.

We used a squirt of Easy Start to get the engine to fire up, and then filled the garage with smoke from the belt and the pleasant song of shattered bearings.

Anyone ever seen that before?

No I Haven't, glad its fixed though.