what you describe is what happens when you hook up the "start" wire and the "common" wire in reverse. this usually happens when the compressor plug is installed incorrectly. i am assuming this is a single phase scroll compressor. I think the compressor didn't run long enough for it to push all the oil that had accumulated in the vanes. I have accidentally started up a scroll compressor without much oil(beginning days as a tech), and what happened was that the compressor began to lockup and actually overloaded the compressor motor to the point that it heated and turned off on overload. Then later after cooling the compressor with ice, the compressor started again. I shut it off and removed all the remaining oil and added the proper amount. It ran fine afterwards.